TEEX Central Texas Police Academy graduates 135th class
| Date: June 9, 2005 |
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COLLEGE STATION – The Texas Engineering Extension Service is celebrating the 135th graduation ceremony of the Central Texas Police Academy Friday, June 10, at 3 p.m. at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center located adjacent to the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum.
Of the 29 graduating cadets, more than a third will be working in the Brazos Valley, serving for the Bryan Police Department, the Texas A&M University Police Department and the Brazos County Sheriff’s Office.
The recruits have logged 680 hours of training in the past 17 weeks, learning everything from firearms management and self-defense tactics to Texas state law and emergency driving techniques.
Graduates of the TEEX police academy have a 99 percent initial passing rate on the Texas State Peace Officer licensing examination and are recruited by law enforcement agencies in the Bryan-College Station area, as well as throughout Texas.
In operation since 1940, the Central Texas Police Academy is the oldest continuing statewide law enforcement extension training agency in Texas.
TEEX, a member of The Texas A&M University System, offers hands-on, customized training, exercises, technical assistance and technology transfer services impacting Texas and beyond. TEEX programs include fire, homeland security, law enforcement, public works, safety and health, search and rescue and technology transfer.
