Harrison County Law Enforcement Training Academy

08/20/2026

For registration please follow link below.
https://publicagencytrainingcouncil.arlo.co/w/courses/1-hostage-negotiations-with-the-empathy-impaired-and-psychopaths/1683

08/20/2026

08/11/2026

Registration for class 2026-4 is now open to all full basic, refreshers, skills and skills with law. Please use the link below for application. We will not be accepting any other type of applications utilized in the past. Please email this application to [email protected] or bring to the academy.
Application link. https://www.harrisoncountysheriff.com/theme/assets/pdfs/2026-academy-application-packet.pdf

08/10/2026

Police Motorcycle Certification. Sworn Law Enforcement Only. Lunch will be provided. Please register via email [email protected]. Please list name, agency, and billing information. Agency will be billed the first day or class. If self sponsored you will be billed first day of class.

06/29/2026

We received the sad news of the passing of Forrest County Investigator Andretta English over the weekend. Andretta is an alumni of the Harrison County Law Enforcement Training Academy basic class 2022-3. Our prayers are with her family and friends during this heartbreaking time. We can have hope and assurance that the brokenness and tragedies of this world will one day be made right through God's grace. John 1:3-5.

06/23/2026

Free Training Reminder

06/16/2026

This week cadets from Mississippi and Louisiana are training in a intensive week-long residential camp based at HCLETA (SLEEA). Here they mirror real police recruit training, and conduct practical controlled scenarios. These cadets are highly motivated and we know they will take knowledge, skills, and training learned back to their respected agencies.

05/22/2026

For many years, law enforcement leaders have asked for a legitimate pathway for experienced part time officers to transition into full time service while still protecting the standards expected of Mississippi law enforcement officers. After years of discussion and input from law enforcement leaders across the state, the Board adopted a carefully structured bridge process for qualified part time officers. This is not a shortcut, and it is not a lowering of standards.

This pathway is limited to personnel already serving in legitimate public safety roles; individuals who have already spent years protecting communities, conducting investigations, receiving training, enforcing laws, and serving alongside full time officers.

Applicants must already hold a valid Mississippi part time certification, remain active with a law enforcement agency by having at least 5 years of documented service, average at least 40 duty hours each month, meet all existing employment standards, and submit verification of their service and good standing. They must also pass a comprehensive knowledge exam, PT test and skills evaluation.

Most importantly, the Board entrusted the evaluation process to the very full time academies and instructors who have upheld Mississippi’s standards for decades. The same academy coordinators and instructors who challenged recruits, enforced discipline, and maintained high expectations in the residential academies will be the ones determining whether an applicant meets the standard expected of a full time officer.

All testing and evaluations will be conducted through Mississippi’s accredited full time residential academies, including:
• Harrison County Law Enforcement Training Academy
• Mississippi Delta CC Law Enforcement Training Academy
• Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Training Academy
• North Mississippi Law Enforcement Training Center
• Southern Regional Public Safety Institute

Nothing replaces the discipline, sacrifice, and camaraderie formed during a full time residential academy. Those of us who completed that journey earned it, and they should always take pride in it.
But Mississippi also has a valuable resource of experienced part time officers serving towns and counties every day who have already demonstrated commitment, professionalism, and integrity over years of service. Many communities depend on them. This program does not lower the bar. It preserves the standard while creating a responsible pathway for proven officers to continue serving at a higher level.

05/14/2026

Training Alert.
Please email [email protected] for registration.