Officers are required to undergo training three times a year. The department molds a defensive tactics training program for each officer. Fargo police officers practice defensive training tactics.

When recruits were repeatedly punched and tackled during a role-playing exercise at the Texas game wardens academy last year, they were taking part in a longstanding police training tradition that cri ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Lubbock Police recruits are advancing in their training, taking the technique they’ve spent weeks building upon and applying it in real-life scenarios. They just finished up ...

BROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) — A Downriver police department is rethinking the way officers are trained to handle physical confrontations, trading traditional ...

Academies have wide latitude in running such exercises, given a lack of national standards governing police training ...