CLETA — CMC's Colorado POST-certified basic Law Enforcement Academy

The Colorado Law Enforcement Training Academy Certificate is offered at:

• Breckenridge: Mostly in-person
• Spring Valley at Glenwood Springs: Mostly in-person

Colorado Mountain College Spring Valley and Breckenridge both offer a State of Colorado POST-certified basic Law Enforcement Academy. We believe that citizens want to have adults acting as peace officers in their communities. Therefore, we encourage an academy atmosphere that supports and rewards mutually respectful behavior, teamwork and an openness to learning new and challenging ideas.

Within this context we provide the skills that POST has deemed necessary for an entry-level peace or corrections officer in the State of Colorado.

ACADEMY APPLICANTS MUST:

1. BE AT LEAST 21 YEARS OF AGE BY THE TIME YOU GRADUATE THE ACADEMY
2. BE A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE OR HAVE A GED EQUIVALENT DIPLOMA
3. HOLD A VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE
4. HAVE NO PRIOR FELONY CONVICTIONS
5. HAVE NO CONVICTION OF ANY CRIME INVOLVING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Colorado Revised Statue 24-31-304 states:

1. Each training academy and college or university that has established a training program approved by the POST Board shall provide written notice to each applicant that no person who has been convicted of a felony or certain misdemeanors may be certified to serve as a peace officer or a reserve officer in the state of Colorado… These misdemeanors are listed in C.R.S. 24-312-305(1.5) (b) through (g).

All applicants accepted to Colorado state law enforcement academies must have submitted an approved fingerprint card to the CBI/FBI by the first day of the Academy. We provide students with the forms necessary to complete this requirement after they are accepted into the Academy.

If you decide to apply and you meet our standards for admission we will do everything possible to make the Academy a positive and fulfilling experience for you. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive fundamental educational framework with which you can enter the law enforcement field. Everything we will do together will be in support of that goal.

You must demonstrate college-level reading, writing, and mathematics skills before entering this training program. Your skills in these areas may affect the sequence of courses in which you can enroll and may also extend the time required to complete the Law Enforcement Training Academy.

This program has certain physical and academic standards which you will be required to meet before you are admitted to the program. Students accepted into the college’s vocational programs must be physically, mentally and emotionally self-supportive with reasonable accommodations.

If there is a concern about meeting the physical and academic standard, students need to contact the Access Coordinator who will determine the student’s ability to participate in this program.