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State Patrol Academy

The Academy provides diverse training for State Patrol personnel, federal and local law enforcement officers, and state employees. The facility is used by other agencies for training programs as well.

2008 training catalog (August-December) (1.2 MB)
Program enrollment application
Note: This form is not used for recruit employment application (see State Patrol jobs)

August - December 2008 training program summary

Class Title	Dates
Basic Crash Investigation	August 25–29, 2008
Contingency Training	November 3-21, 2008
FBI Hostage Negotiations	August 4–8, 2008
FBI Interview and Interrogation	October 14–15, 2008
FBI Street Survival	September 8-12, 2008
Investigative Photography	December 2-4, 2008
K-9 Remote Collar Training	October 28-29, 2008
Pursuit Intervention Technique	November 4, 2008 November 5, 2008 November 6, 2008
Speed Computer (VASCAR)	September 29-30, 2008
Technical Crash I	September 22–26, 2008
Technical Crash II	October 13-17, 2008
Vehicle Dynamics	October 20-24, 2008
WMD Incident Management/Unified Command	September 16-18, 2008

Enrollment offered to local law enforcement agencies is on a first-come, first-served basis. Please read the requirements for attendance at specialized training programs. Many programs have curriculum designed and developed to serve personnel with specified levels of training and experience.

Academy facility

The Wisconsin State Patrol Academy is located on 50 acres of the Fort McCoy Military Installation. The Academy is accessed from highway 21 between the cities of Sparta and Tomah, Wisconsin.

Directions to Academy

The main academy building contains administrative offices, five classrooms capable of handling 20 to 50 students, food service and dining area, indoor firearms range, a multi-purpose room, conference/meeting room and three two-floor dormitory wings that have refrigerators, satellite television, and alarm clocks.

Contact information

For more information on training programs offered at the Academy:

Call (608) 269-2500
Write to Wisconsin State Patrol Academy, 95 South 10th Avenue, Fort McCoy, WI 54656-5168
FAX (608) 269-5681
E-mail our registrar at registrar.statepatrol@dot.state.wi.us

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Questions about the content of this page:
Academy Registrar, registrar.statepatrol@dot.state.wi.us
Last modified: August 18, 2008

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