Clarksville, TN – On December 22nd, 2022, three Clarksville Police Department (CPD) officers graduated from the twelve-week basic police school, Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy (TLETA).
They were hired on August 29th, 2022, and completed 5 weeks of in-house training before attending the academy.
The recently graduated officers will complete three weeks of post-academy in-house training before hitting the streets with their field training officers (FTO’s), starting January 21st.
The FTO program consists of three phases, for a total of fourteen weeks. After successful completion of the FTO program, they will be assigned a patrol shift.