Law Enforcement Training

Most Police Training Academies in Illinois require that you be hired by a police agency before you can be accepted. The police agency then pays for your tuition to the academy. Some training academies will accept students who have not been hired. Here are some contacts for you:

For the most part, the academies accept recruits who are 21 or older, or will be 21 upon completion of the course. Your best course of action at this point may be to take any Law Enforcement or Criminal Justice classes available at your college in the meantime. This may include an Internship program with a Law Enforcement agency in which you could work directly with officers and get a feel for the occupation. Once you will be near 21, start applying at any Police Departments you are interested in. You will get the opportunity to go through the testing process, and if hired, you'll be sent to an academy at no charge to you. Good Luck in your endeavors!