Camden County College Police Academy

The Camden County College Police Academy was established in 1988 and is certified by the New Jersey Police Training Commission to offer basic police officer training, basic county corrections officer training, SLEO II officer training, SLEO I officer training, and juvenile detention officer training. The academy is a partnership with Camden County College, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office and the Camden County Chiefs of Police. In addition to the basic courses, the academy offers in-service training courses and specialty training courses taught by dedicated law enforcement educators. The academy is located at the Lakeland Campus of the Camden County College on Woodbury-Turnersville Road in Blackwood, New Jersey. 

 

The Camden County College Police Academy, in partnership with the Camden County Prosecutor and the Camden County Police Chiefs Association, is committed to providing the highest level of training for our Law Enforcement Community to enhance the quality of police professionalism through education. Among the Academy's teaching staff are federal agents, state police, assistant prosecutors, college professors, officers from numerous county and municipal agencies and qualified lay personnel. These instructors bring vast amounts of knowledge and experience to our program.

 

Our Mission

Is to provide the highest level of training for our Law Enforcement Community and to enhance the quality of police professionalism through education. Our Academy shall remain at the forefront of PERF, ICAT and the national standards of use of force and de-escalation training.