The Honorable Heidi S. Barshinger, Clerk of the Henrico County Circuit Court, officially swore in the new officers and graduates of the 11th DWR Conservation Police Training Academy in the Greater Richmond Convention Center.
The 16 Basic Academy graduates completed an intensive training program that ran for 26 weeks. They will take up their assignments across the Commonwealth and proceed with field training under the direct supervision of field training officers.
DWR’s six new lateral hire officers joined the Basic Academy Class in the ceremony. These previously certified Law Enforcement Officers attended the 11th Modified Academy for 12 weeks.
Conservation Police Officers must successfully complete training in a wide array of skills including firearm proficiency, crime scene investigations, control tactics, tactical tracking, impaired driving enforcement, and operating watercraft and patrol vehicles.
Read more: https://dwr.virginia.gov/.../11th-dwr-conservation.../
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