Missouri Launches First Police Academy At Lincoln University HBCU
Police Academy at the NYPD salute during their graduation ceremony. (Twitter/NYPost)
Lincoln University Police Chief Gary Hill has launched the first police academy at an Historically Black College and University (HBCU).
Hill told KRCG-CBS he wanted to start an academy to increase the minority footprint in law enforcement agencies, but to have it happen at an HBCU was not part of the plan.
“We’re thinking they’re doing this all over the country, they’re not, we were the first,” Hill said.
I’m at the Missouri River Regional Library where Lincoln University Police Chief Gary Hill is giving a talk on his police academy, the first one on an HBCU campus. @KRCG13pic.twitter.com/yNlzUlyiYN
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Updated: 2:16 PM CST December 16, 2020
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Missouri law enforcement recruits will be required to undergo training in the history of policing in minority communities.
The commission that sets the training rules and approves the curriculum for law enforcement officers across the state voted Tuesday to add the requirement.
“I believe providing this training in the history of policing for Missouri officers can help create a better understanding of some of the underlying reasons for conflict and distrust that can exist between law enforcement and minority communities, and can help create better relations going forward,” said Lincoln University Police Chief Gary Hill, who is the commissioner of the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission.