police academy

collocation in English

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police
noun[plural]
uk
/pəˈliːs/us
/pəˈliːs/
the official organization that is responsible for protecting people and property, making people obey the law, finding out about and solving crime, and catching people who have committed ...
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academy
noun[C]
uk
/əˈkæd.ə.mi/us
/əˈkæd.ə.mi/
an organization intended to protect and develop an art, science, language, etc., or a school that teaches a particular subject or trains people for a ...
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(Definition ofpoliceandacademyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, the eligible pool was skewed due to negotiations between the two parties in 1993 which permitted fewer ex-guerrillas in the very first senior officers' class of thepoliceacademy.
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Thepoliceacademydoes exist virtually.
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This includes those who have attended anotherpoliceacademy.
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In 1939, the department proudly presented its firstpoliceacademyclass.
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At the end of probation, they undergo an orientation training of few weeks at the assigned state'spoliceacademy.
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Recruits underwent rigorous trainingone year for upper-secondary school graduates and six months for university graduatesat the residentialpoliceacademyattached to the prefectural headquarters.
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Crews eventually learns that he had been watched since thepoliceacademy, to eventually replace an aging crime lord.
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Throughout the years the school building was used for housing special education and adult education classes as well as apoliceacademytraining center.
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She used to be a meter maid for the city, but entered thepoliceacademyat the beginning of the second season.
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He also taught capoeira to the army and at thepoliceacademy.
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In addition, it trains cadets in thepoliceacademytwice a year as well as holding refreshment sessions for immigration police once a year.
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During his tenure, more than 20 buildings were completed or begun, including the student center, football stadium, nursing school, andpoliceacademy.
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This led to enrollment in thepoliceacademy.
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Thepoliceacademyalso began teaching a course on police science for private security first-line supervisors.
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They are required to have a four-year college degree plus complete a 12-weekpoliceacademyand required courses.
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In 1999, it became certified to conduct its ownpoliceacademy.
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In 1965, with the professionalization of the department, the town's officers were attending an officially sanctionedpoliceacademy.
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Cadets are trained bypoliceacademyinstructors and then placed into a command such as a precinct or specialized unit.
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They are also put through a very similar but shorter physical training course that a recruit in apoliceacademywould have to take.
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He finished his secondary education in 1972, and graduated frompoliceacademyin 1977.
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The citizenspoliceacademyhas limited space each session of 25 or less.
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He is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh frompoliceacademy.
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