The Basic Peace Officer Training Academy is a high discipline/high stress-oriented program with an emphasis on Professionalism/Ethics & Leadership, Lifetime Fitness, Firearms training, Emergency Vehicle Operations, Arrest Methods/Defensive Tactics, Investigative Report Writing, Community Relations, Cultural Diversity, and Chemical Agents training. In addition, there will be inspections, drill training (formation, facing movements, marching, etc.), and physical exercises (running, push-ups, sit-ups, jumping jacks, etc.). Recruits will attend the Academy in full uniform.  The academy classes contain both agency-sponsored and self-sponsored students. Self-sponsored students enter the academy at their own expense. Agency-sponsored students are hired by a law enforcement agency prior to entering the academy.