COURT HOUSE – Freeholder Leonard C. Desiderio is pleased to announce that the Cape May County Police Academy is accepting applications from aspiring police officers for the Alternate Route Training Program scheduled to start the Basic Course for Police Officers on Aug. 26, 2013. Applications will be available March 1, 2013 through April 30, 2013.
This program, offers would-be-officers a better chance at employment as they become eligible for full police certification when they graduate. Chief Thomas DePaul of Wildwood Crest, President of the Cape May County Chiefs Association, says, “The program saves tax dollars by allowing aspiring officers to pay their own tuition. The Alternate Route Training Program has no guarantee of employment, but increases a civilian’s chance of making it into certain departments.”
Public Safety Training Center Director Anthony Saduk added, “The academy has a very high placement rate for graduating officers. In fact, an Alternate Route candidate enrolled in the Academy’s last class was hired prior to graduation.”
The program is the only residential based academy in the state of New Jersey for municipal officers requiring them to live on base while they train. The tuition cost is $3,300 which includes instruction, lodging, meals, ammunition, and textbooks.
Alternate Route Applicants must be 18 or older and have 60 college credits by September 2013 or 2 years of full time military service. To be eligible for selection, the candidates must pass written, physical, oral and psychological exams as well as a background check.
Starting March 1st, Applications will be available Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Public Safety Training Center located at 171 Crest Haven Road, Cape May Court House (Exit 11 off the Garden State Parkway).
Applicants must pick up their own application and bring photo identification and a fee of $75 which may be paid in cash, check or money order, made out to County of Cape May.
For additional information please call 609-465-1134.
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