Oil City Police Department
Webster Parish Sheriff’s Office
Recruits will undergo 16 weeks of intense training to become Louisiana P.O.S.T. (Peace Officers Standards and Training) certified law enforcement officers. They will learn officer survival skills, legal issues, weapons qualifications, physical fitness, non-lethal force and Standard Field Sobriety Testing, and much more.
Four of the recruits are undergoing refresher training, which means they have been P.O.S.T.-certified, but are required to take some refresher courses, such as legal and firearms.
Anticipated graduation for BPSTA Class 024 is May 14.
The academy, formerly called the Northwest Louisiana Criminal Justice Academy, held its first graduation in 2008. Since then, nearly 500 men and women have graduated to become P.O.S.T.-certified law enforcement officers.