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Training is the most important aspect to becoming
a licensed police officer and for maintaining that license. To become a police
officer in MInnesota a minimum of a two-year Associate of Arts Degree
in Law Enforcement is required. State law enforcement skills are taught in
a number of state and community colleges in Minnesota.
After graduation, potential officers must go through a 12 week law enforcement skills course and pass a state licensing exam. A police candidate is then eligible to be licensed upon his/her hiring by a Minnesota law enforcement agency. To maintain that license an officer must successfully complete 48 Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) credits every three years.
Minnesota law enforcement officers must continue training
in the use of force and firearms, police pursuit and emergency driving, community
policing and hazardous materials to maintain their license. In addition,
most departments train their officers annually as First Responders or Emergency
Medical Technicians.
We train our officers to be the very best they can be. Law Enforcement is a very demanding profession and our officers must obtain and maintain a wide variety of skills to perform their jobs. On a typical day, an officer may be asked to perform first aid, be a mentor to a child in trouble, a social worker to a troubled family and to mediate a neighbor dispute. At the Orono Police Department, we realize the importance of giving our officers the best training possible.
Some of the current "hot topics" that our training department is focusing on are Homeland Security, impartial policing, pursuit driving skills, the investigation of domestic violence, and best practices in community policing.
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