Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy

The Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy is a law enforcement

Police

The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...

training facility located in Ashburn, Virginia

Ashburn, Virginia

Ashburn, Virginia is a census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, northwest of Washington, D.C., and is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area...

. It serves seventeen agencies in Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

and Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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, and is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)

Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies

The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., is a credentialing authority , based in the United States, whose primary mission is to accredited public safety agencies, namely law enforcement agencies, training academies, communications centers, and campus public safety...

. It offers training for entry-level police officers, sheriff's deputies, and 9-1-1

9-1-1

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dispatcher

Dispatcher

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s; as well as advanced training for veteran officers in subjects such as identity theft

Identity theft

Identity theft is a form of stealing another person's identity in which someone pretends to be someone else by assuming that person's identity, typically in order to access resources or obtain credit and other benefits in that person's name...

investigations, leadership, and hostage negotiation.

History

The Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy was established in 1965 as the Northern Virginia Police Academy. In 1971, the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services certified the Northern Virginia Police Academy as an approved Training School. The name of the academy was changed to its current name in 1977. In 1993 the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy moved from Arlington, Virginia to its present location in Ashburn. The academy was certified by the CALEA in 1995, and re-certified in 1998 and 2001. It was accredited by the CALEA in 2004, and re-accredited in 2007 and 2010. The current executive director is William C. O'Toole.

Staff

The academy staff consists of 17 permanent, non-sworn employees and 18 sworn employees and one non-sworn employee from its member agencies.

Member agencies

Officers from the following seventeen agencies receive their basic training at the academy:

Alexandria Police Department
Alexandria Police Department
The Alexandria Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency servicing 139,966 people within of jurisdiction within Alexandria, VA. The APD has been internationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies since 1986 and was reaccredited in 1991, 1996,...
Alexandria Sheriff's Office
Arlington County Police Department
Arlington County Police Department (Virginia)
The Arlington County Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency servicing 207,627 people within of jurisdiction within Arlington County, VA.-History:...
City of Fairfax Police Department
City of Falls Church Police Department
City of Falls Church Sheriff's Office
George Mason University Police Department
Leesburg Police Department
Loudoun County Sheriff's Office
Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (Virginia)
The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency servicing 312,311 people within of jurisdiction within Loudoun County, VA.-Organization:The agency is currently headed by Sheriff Stephen O...
Manassas City Police Department
Manassas Police Department (Virginia)
The Manassas City Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency servicing 37,821 people living in City of Manassas, VA. Located at 9518 Fairview Avenue, the Manassas City Police Department serves a jurisdiction of approximately . In 2008, the Department employed 90 sworn police officers,...
Manassas Park City Police Department
Manassas Park Police Department (Virginia)
The Manassas Park Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency servicing 14,273 people within of jurisdiction within Manassas Park, VA.-Organization:The Chief of Police is Chief John Evans. The MPPD currently has 50+ employees and officers...
Middleburg Police Department
Northern Virginia Community College Police
Purcellville Police Department
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Police
Metro Transit Police Department
The Metro Transit Police Department is the police agency serving the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. It was created by the on June 4, 1976....
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police

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History

Staff

Member agencies

See also

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