Police academy

And later, our story behind the story today, before we wrap this hour.

Police Academy course that I took at one point, where officers are trained to either shoot or don't shoot.

It's called the Red Handled Gun, a Red Handled Gun program at that point.

They probably have since renamed it, but the scenario is still the same.

But it has a valid reason for you to hear because it does figure in the FAA investigation.

The story behind the story before we wrap up this hour.

When I took a police academy class, red handle gun, it was a case of shoot or don't shoot.

Training for police or recruits coming in.

tonight let's welcome together an apostle to the nations of the earth i thought that we spoke to you midnight yesterday he would was preaching for my friend pastor akiba i went to his room and we personally and we talked till midnight this man is humble he loves god and we thank god for what he represents in this generation again in household of david so 2024 mercy conference the resurrection let's welcome together apostle joshua selma by the way wait wait wait wait in case i don't get to say this again the meeting starts 7 a.m tomorrow at police college The stage is already being set and the sound is an open meeting.

Now for those who are not becoming parents because of where to put children, it will be a short service but it will be powerful.

And Pastor Nathaniel said he's coming back again tomorrow.

He was there on Wednesday.

So tomorrow 7 a.m. Police College.

Their field is a very big field and it's going to be an awesome time by the grace of God with Apostle and Pastor Nat.

So let's welcome Pastor Nathaniel.

Since then, over 4,000 new recruits have walked through those gates and gone on to serve the communities of Northern Ireland.

So what is life like for a new PSNI recruit from when they first enter the gates of Garneville to begin their training and walk out to begin patrolling our streets? To tell us all about it and everything else, meet Inspector Cherith Adair, Constable Andy Pentland and Director of Police College Bev Cripps.

Hello, everybody.

Thank you so much for coming into the studio today.

Now, Andy, if you don't mind, I'm going to come to you.

Where are you in the process of the training now?

Yeah, so I started police college in November 2025.

I tested from Carnival in April 26.

Okay, not really, but we kind of are.

So I don't know if you guys know this, but in the police academy, at least for the Los Angeles Police Department, you have to spend 996 hours to be qualified as a police officer.

When you do that, you know, they give you a badge.

They go on the street.

okay good question um first part of your question as far as certifications go in training there's there's no difference it's kind of just uh Who's sending the paycheck? I mean, the state sets the guidelines in terms of what training that a pre-service recruit needs.

And then you go through the police academy and there's several different options to do that in our state.

Once you go through the academy, you are able to be hired as a police officer.

And once you are hired, that completes your certification and your agency swears you in.

My personal path, what I chose, I grew up in the area of the university I worked for and was vaguely aware of it.

There's prior law enforcement officers in my family in this area, so I had some insight into what the different departments were about.

I went away to college, got a degree, went through the police academy, and I was kind of applying all over in this state, but... really wanted to come back to this area and specifically that police department because of, um, at that time in the late nineties, when I, you know, starting, it was, um, I think a lot of attention was starting to be focused on higher education and colleges.

And it was, I don't think anybody had an idea what it was going to turn into, but, uh, there's a lot of money being poured into law enforcement and public safety in those areas.