Frequently Asked Questions
How can I attend the Academy's Basic Course?
Do I have to attend the Academy if I graduated from an Academy in another state?
Can I get a waiver from basic training if I graduated from a reserve academy?
What is the current process for instructor recertification?
What agencies are L.E.T.B. - certified to conduct Instructor Development courses?
What is the qualification course for Patrol Rifle Instructor?
What is the Qualification Handgun Course?
You must be hired by a police department. They will send you to the Academy for basic training. This training must be completed within one year from the date you become a sworn, paid police officer, otherwise you will lose your arrest powers.
If you graduated from a police academy in another state, were certified as a police officer, and worked as a paid police officer for at least one year, you may be able to obtain a waiver of basic training. This waiver can only be applied for once you are hired as an officer in Indiana. The recommending police department would then apply on your behalf.
Any person trained out-of-state who is hired by an Indiana law enforcement agency must complete a Law Enforcement Training Board-certified 40-hour Pre-basic Course before that person is empowered to make an arrest, conduct a search or seizure, or carry a handgun without a permit.
Completion of a certified Pre-basic Course allows a person to function as a police officer for one year from the date of appointment, while awaiting enrollment in a full 600-hour basic training course or while completing the requirements for a waiver of basic training.
Completion of the waiver process takes about three months, including a total of six non-consecutive days of exams at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. Failure to complete the process before the first anniversary date as a sworn Indiana officer results in the loss of police powers. Click here for more details.
- Can I get a waiver from basic training if I graduated from a reserve academy?
A graduate of an LETB approved Reserve Officer Academy may be eligible for a waiver of the Town Marshal Law Enforcement Basic Training Course when he is hired by a department participating in the Town Marshal Basic Course Program.
- What is the current process for instructor recertification?
PRIMARY INSTRUCTOR -
- Document twelve hours of instruction per year, thirty six hours over three years (See Documenting Instructional Hours)
- Complete an Instructor Application
- Submit both documents to the Executive Director, Law Enforcement Training Board
- Certifications expired past 365 days will require instructors to complete the original requirement
PSYCHOMOTOR SKILLS INSTRUCTOR -
- Document twelve hours of instruction per year in each psychomotor skill possessed (ex. EVO and Firearms Instructor would require twenty-four hours per year or seventy-two hours over three years)
- Complete an Instructor Application
- Submit both documents to the Executive Director, Law Enforcement Training Board
- Certifications expired past 365 days will require instructors to complete the original requirement
ACADEMY STAFF INSTRUCTOR
- Document twelve hours of training per year, thirty six hours over three years
- Complete an Instructor Application
- Submit both documents to the Executive Director, Law Enforcement Training Board
- Certifications expired past 365 days will require instructors to complete the original requirement
MASTER INSTRUCTOR
- Document twelve hours of training per year, thirty-six hours over three years
- Document the evaluation of at least three programs or instructors per year, these hours can count towards the instructional hour requirement
- Complete an Instructor Application
- Submit all documentation to the Executive Director, Law Enforcement Training Board
PROVISIONAL INSTRUCTOR
- Must renew certification yearly
- There is no instructor card or certificate issued, validation is by letter
- What agencies are L.E.T.B.- certified to conduct Instructor Development courses?
Those agencies authorized to provide an LETB Certified Instructor Development Course are:
LETB certified Basic Academies/Staff
- Indiana Law Enforcement Academy at Plainfield
- Northwest Indiana Law Enforcement Basic Training Academy
- Indiana University Bloomington Law Enforcement Basic Training Academy
- Indianapolis Police Department Basic Training Academy
- Fort Wayne Police Department Basic Training Academy
- Indiana State Police Basic Training Academy
- Southwest Indiana Law Enforcement Training Academy, Evansville
LETB Certified Training Councils
- Southwest Indiana Law Enforcement Training Council (Jasper area)
- Central Indiana Law Enforcement Training Council (Plainfield/Indianapolis area)
- North Central Indiana Law Enforcement Training Council (Grissom AFB)
- Northwest Indiana Law Enforcement Training Council (Gary area)
- Northeast Indiana Law Enforcement Training Council (Elkhart/Ligonier area)
- South Central Indiana Law Enforcement Training Council (Dearborn County area)
These sites or their staff, who have met the educational requirements, are the only agencies authorized by the LETB to provide a certified Instructor Development Program.
- How many hours of training conducted by an L.E.T.B.- certified instructor can be used toward the instructor's 16 hours of mandated inservice training?
Three-fourths of mandated hours of inservice or 12 hours of training should be received from another instructor. Purpose of this training requirement is to encourage the development of new ideas and techniques and to update existing information for the law enforcement profession.
- How can I attend the Academy's Basic Course?
- Do I have to attend the Academy if I graduated from an Academy in another state?
- Can I get a waiver from basic training if I graduated from a reserve academy?
- What is the current process for instructor recertification?
- What agencies are L.E.T.B.-certified to conduct Instructor Development courses?
- How many hours of training conducted by an L.E.T.B. - certified instructor can be used toward the instructor's 16 hours of mandated inservice training?
- See what classes are being offered at the ILEA.
- Know what training is available outside the ILEA.
- Learn more about the ILEA.
- See a list of Certified Training Providers.
- Learn about the Academy's instructors.
- Know about the Academy's Physical Fitness Standards.
- Contact someone at the Academy with a specific question.
- Order training materials from the ILEA.
- See the current Basic Class schedule.
