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After completing a rigorous five-month program, 13 cadets graduated Tuesday from Westmoreland County Community College’s Municipal Police Officers’ Training Academy. Wearing their gray-and-black uniforms, the cadets celebrated the end of their 930-hour program that trained them to become police officers in municipalities and cities across the state. “I truly believe

People got the chance to use a simulator and fake weapons.

Pennsylvania State Police invited community members and stakeholders to a demonstration on police use of force Wednesday at the Monroeville Public Safety Training Center. The three-and-half hour presentation titled, “The Realities of Use of Force Encounters” covered legal and policy considerations, use of force and human performance, and video analysis

Pennsylvania State Police gave a presentation on Wednesday in Monroeville on how police officers use force. State troopers showed videos of when law enforcement officers make life-changing decisions, within seconds. Some law enforcement officers used guns and some used stun guns. Sign up for our Newsletters The presentation, by the Pennsylvania State Police Use of Force Unit, consisted of three parts. In the first part, troopers discussed...