Police Academy CT- General Information

The Connecticut Police Academy is approximately 22 weeks long. Recruit officers reside at the Academy from 8 a.m. on Monday to 6 p.m. Friday each week. Recruits must successfully pass, with a grade of 70% or better, each of 17 different academic areas as well as successfully pass each of a series of different practical skill areas (currently 12). Additionally, recruits must complete a field and departmental training program consisting of a minimum of 400 additional hours.

A Day at the CT State Police Academy

Police Academy CT – Training

As a Police Recruit, you receive comprehensive training from the professional instructors at the Connecticut Police Academy.  This training includes:

• Legal Aspects of Law Enforcement
  Constitutional Law
  State statutes
  City ordinances
  Federal, state and local courts
• Defense Tactics & Control Techniques
  Use of firearms
  Use of  the expandable baton
  Unarmed defense
  Emergency vehicle operation
  Officer survival
  Aerosol weapons
• Criminal Investigation
  Principles and techniques of interviewing
  Crimes against persons & property
  Vice and organized crime
  Arson investigation
  Crime scene investigation
  Report writing
• Police Response to Community Problems
  Community policing
  Conflict resolution
  Domestic violence
  Community social services
  Child abuse and neglect
  Mental illness
  Substance abuse
  Patrol procedures and techniques
  Traffic safety and enforcement
  DUI enforcement
  First Aid/CPR

CT  State Police Academy Experience

After graduation from the CT police academy you will become a Police Officer and be assigned to work with an experienced Field Training Officer.  Your on-the-job training will equip you with the special skills and knowledge that are necessary in the law enforcement field.

CT State Police Recruit- Benefits

While in the CT police academy you will be eligible for health insurance and holiday pay. You will be issued department uniforms, equipment and firearm.

Connecticut State Police Officer- Benefits

Upon graduation from the CT police academy you will be eligible for all Town benefit programs, including:

Vacation – 10 days per year, increasing after five, ten, fifteen and twenty years.
Holidays – Twelve paid holidays per year
Sick Leave – 10 days per year with a disability policy for long term disability and illness
Retirement – Paid retirement after 25 years of service at 50% of three highest paid years.
Other Benefits – health insurance, group life insurance, tuition reimbursement, uniform allowance, credit union, Police Benefit Fund, injury leave, Worker’s Compensation, disability income insurance, accidental death & dismemberment insurance.

*If you are selected for the Police Academy, you will be hired as a Police Recruit.  Upon graduation from the academy you will be promoted to Police Officer.

Connecticut State Police Districts

Troops

The CSP is divided into 11 troops, each of which has a Lieutenant Troop Commander, a master sergeant, Executive officer, several patrol sergeants, a detective unit, and a full complement of personnel for patrol. The “resident troopers” in that troop area are also assigned to the troop. Additionally, each troop has its own dispatchers and clerical unit, and most have one or more mechanics to service the fleet.

Some troops, because of their location, are tasked primarily with highway patrol functions while other troops in more rural areas serve as rural police, i.e.: response to crimes, patrol of towns and neighborhoods, and providing police services to many Connecticut towns that do not have police departments of their own. (Connecticut has no County Sherriff Department).

• A – Southbury
• B – Canaan
• C – Tolland
• D – Danielson
• E – Montville
• F – Westbrooke
• G – Bridgeport
• H – Hartford
• I – Bethany
• K – Colchester
• L – Litchfield
• H @ Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Troop H – Hartford at BIA supports Airport security functions as airport police, incident investigation, and backs up the airport management. It has works the U.S. Customs Service and the DEA.

Connecticut Police Departments:

*Fun Fact: The Connecticut State Police uniform has been awarded the nations “Best Dressed State Agency” on numerous occasions; three times since 1985.