2006-12-01 11:06:44 · 13 answers · asked by Erica G 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
yes i agree...they pay u wen ur in the police academy :P
2006-12-01 13:23:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, federal, state, county, and city governments use the funds gathered from taxes to pay for their respective recruits to attend and complete the Basic Police Academy. Recruits are considered an investment for these government entities. That is why they thoroughly screen their applicants through minimum requirements (education, age, etc.), written exams, physical agility exams, lots of interviews, background checks, polygraph tests, and medical exams in order to select the best candidate. It becomes a BIG waste of money for EVERYONE when a recruit spends six months in the academy, only to fail a simple academy test at the last minute. Then the employer has to spend four more months looking for a new recruit.
2006-12-01 11:22:39 · answer #2 · answered by Pablo Rueben 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, anyone can go to a police academy. There are two ways to do it. 1, get hired by a city and they pay for the academy and they also pay you. Since, while you are in the academy you are an employee of the CITY. or 2, you pay for yourself to go to the academy and then when it's finished you hope an agency will hire you. The second way is expensive, since you aren't getting paid by anyone.
2006-12-01 14:57:22 · answer #3 · answered by Amy R 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It depends on where you are. When I was in Texas, I paid my own way to go to the academy at San Antonio College. But here in Maine the academy is run through the state and once you are hired by a department, that department sends yo to the academy and they have to pay for it, and pay for you to go.
2006-12-02 10:52:03 · answer #4 · answered by jaye580 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some police departments have thier own academy, in other areas, there are state academy or regional academy.
If someone goes to a regional or state, the department that sends them normally pay.
In GA at least, you have the option of going and paying your own way.
2006-12-01 15:08:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must first have an agency to "sponser" you before you can attend a police academy and then you may have the option of paying for it yourself but usually the agency will pay the fees for you and will require you to work usually at least a year for them.
2006-12-01 16:26:09 · answer #6 · answered by tomarescobar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Florida, you can be hired by an agency and sent to the academy. Some students choose to pay for it themselves in case they can't make it and end up having to pay all of that money back to the department. It isn't necessarily easy to get hired though, believe me.
2006-12-01 13:18:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Police officers are public servants and are funded by either the City or the State.
The way this is done is through a percentage of Insurance premiums which insurance companies have to pay to the regulatory body and also through taxes which can be Federal, State or community taxes
2006-12-01 11:17:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually they pay YOU to be in the Police Academy, at least where I live they do. But technically we all do, the taxpayers.
2006-12-01 11:11:20 · answer #9 · answered by shorty17_83 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here in Texas you have to pay your own way thru the police academy to get certified as a police officer.
Cities won't pay for your education,otherwise everyone would do that, then split to another highter paying departments after their certification.
Once you get hired, the departments will pay to further your training.
2006-12-01 13:07:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋