DID YOU KNOW that University of Pittsburgh Police Officers:
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… are all Pennsylvania ACT 120 certified. Having completed between 758 - 919 hours of training at a Commonwealth approved Police Academy.
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… complete 16 hours of mandatory in-service training presented by the Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officers Education and Training Commission.
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… participate in Patrol Response to Active Killer training at least once a year.
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… are all trained in initial patrol response to sexual assault (Detectives have advanced training in these types of incidents).
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… are Crisis Intervention Team certified. “CIT” is a certification that helps law enforcement officers recognize and react more effectively and safely with persons with a mental illness. Currently 80% of the department is certified.
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… participate annually in 8 hours of use of force decision making training using a firearms simulator.
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… have completed 15 hours of Cultural Awareness training that includes subjects such as Anti-Bias for Law Enforcement, Racial Profiling, Implicit Bias, LGBTIQ+ issues, Investigating hate crimes, Civil Rights, and Community Policing.
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… have collectively completed over 2560 individual courses on Police One Academy, the industry leader in online police training.