Originally Posted by RPD931 @ Tue September 28, 2004 6:13 pm

It would bug the hell out of me to goto an SSPO when MPOC is only a few weeks longer...

Originally Posted by Sgt_110 @ Tue Sep 28, 12:54

Greetings all,
I just received the information package in the mail today regarding the 16th MSSPO Academy. Here's the information.

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WHAT: 16th SSPO Training Academy
WHEN: Tentatively scheduled to begin on Monday, April 04, 2004
WHERE: Massachusetts State Police Academy, New Braintree, Ma.

The class will consist of the following schedule:
FITNESS TEST:
Wednesday, March 02, 2005 at 09:00 hours
Orientation to follow.
Two Obstacle Courses (Gebhardt Landy)
1.5 mile run (Assessment only)

TENTATIVE STARTING DATE:
Monday, April O4, 2005
Sixteen week Training Program, which includes a 24-hour "Firearms Safety Course"

Tentative Graduation Date:
Friday, July 22, 2005

NO CLASES HELD ON:
Monday, May 30, 2005 (Memorial Day)
Monday, July 04, 2005 (Independence Day)

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR FOR A TRAINING PACKET CONTACT:
Trooper Dane Lavigne, Coordinator of SSPO Training
Massachusetts State Police Academy
340 West Brookfield Road
New Braintree, Massachusetts 01531
508-867-1000 Ext. 1121 (If calling, please leave a name and contact number so they can send you their application packet
----- End Text -----

Good luck to all who stand at the door!
God help those who pass through... :Þ

Originally Posted by Mendoza @ Tue Sep 28, 2004 7:57 pm

It would bug the hell out of you to receive better training?

Originally Posted by Southside @ Tue September 28, 2004 9:37 pm

Mendoza,

What are you trying to say skippy?

Originally Posted by Sgt_110 @ Tue Sep 28, 12:54

Greetings all,
I just received the information package in the mail today regarding the 16th MSSPO Academy. Here's the information.

----- Begin Text -----
WHAT: 16th SSPO Training Academy
WHEN: Tentatively scheduled to begin on Monday, April 04, 2004
WHERE: Massachusetts State Police Academy, New Braintree, Ma.

The class will consist of the following schedule:
FITNESS TEST:
Wednesday, March 02, 2005 at 09:00 hours
Orientation to follow.
Two Obstacle Courses (Gebhardt Landy)
1.5 mile run (Assessment only)

TENTATIVE STARTING DATE:
Monday, April O4, 2005
Sixteen week Training Program, which includes a 24-hour "Firearms Safety Course"

Tentative Graduation Date:
Friday, July 22, 2005

NO CLASES HELD ON:
Monday, May 30, 2005 (Memorial Day)
Monday, July 04, 2005 (Independence Day)

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR FOR A TRAINING PACKET CONTACT:
Trooper Dane Lavigne, Coordinator of SSPO Training
Massachusetts State Police Academy
340 West Brookfield Road
New Braintree, Massachusetts 01531
508-867-1000 Ext. 1121 (If calling, please leave a name and contact number so they can send you their application packet
----- End Text -----

Good luck to all who stand at the door!
God help those who pass through... :Þ

Originally Posted by swma919 @ Tue 28 Sep, 2004 21:13

Do you have to be sponsored???

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Originally Posted by FSCPD902 @ Fri October 08, 2004 1:35 am

I had a Academy Classmate in #14 that sponsored himself. He was not employed at a College Police Department until after his graduation. I would call and speak with Tpr. Lavigne just to get clarification.

**Much Love Cloonybuns ** You too Mendoza !!!

Originally Posted by Mendoza @ Tue Sep 28, 2004 7:57 pm

It would bug the hell out of you to receive better training?

Originally Posted by RPD931 @ Fri October 08, 2004 1:31 pm

I'm not talking about the quality of training.. I'm talking about the validity of it. I can't work for a municipal PD with it... It would make sense to go to MPOC for just a few weeks longer and have the full cert.

Originally Posted by DCON

Yes, I worked with a guy who had an SSPO, and was hired as a Deputy Sheriff in NH, he just needed to take the law package through the NH academy, which was something like 4 weeks long. I don't know how many departments do this though, I interviewed with Nashua NH and they said that that they send everybody through the academy even if they've already gone. Something about having their officers bond, forming better teams.

Originally Posted by nightcopppa

I went through the MBTA Police Academy with several Officers that had previously been through the S.S.P.O. Academy. All agreed that the State SSPO runs a good Academy, but that it didn't come close to touching the MBTA. Not all municipal academies are run like camp happyland at Boylston. Ask Chief Churchill who runs a real academy in Mass, and he will tell you two places. The state, and MBTA. I've worked with Officers who have graduated from municipal academies and the SSPO academy that were as dumb as a stump, and looked like someone tried to shove a hundred pounds of sh_t into a teabag. I've also worked with intelligent, squared away Officers who were chizzled out of stone that went through those same academies. I believe that it is all what you put into it.

Originally Posted by melissa112580";p=&quot

yeah I am going .....feel free to message me i have some questions too

Originally Posted by chadwick100";p=&quot

From a graduate of SSPO #15 I wish all of the recruits going to #16 the best of luck. Keep your head up and remember to have fun . MOPAR your care package better be nice, becuase I was going to send one to her too

Originally Posted by ofcmcguinness";p=&quot

Has everyone bought the items off the list yet? I had a hard time finding the grey shorts. I found them on the Champion website.

Originally Posted by stash9009";p=&quot

Good luck to all the student officers attending SSPO #16...especially those from Suffolk University. I hear the troopers love those screwballs from Suffolk. Have fun.

Originally Posted by NegroRotary";p=&quot

Pardon my ignorance, but what is SSPO? and MPOC?