IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS TO THE
POLICE TRAINING PROGRAM
Applications may be submitted at any time.
West Virginia Legislative Rule §149-2-16 provides that an applicant may be denied admission to a basic entry-level training program for activities that may include, but not be limited to the following;
Upon receipt, Police Academy staff will review all applications for admission into the Basic Police Training Program. Applicants who meet the preliminary requirements for admission shall be provisionally admitted to the program. Final admission into the program is a selective process requiring the successful completion of several different steps as mandated by WV Legislative Rule §149-2-16 “Law Enforcement Training and Certification Standards.” Students provisionally admitted into the program will receive information from Academy staff regarding completion of the following steps in the selection process:
Students satisfactorily completing the selection process will be formally admitted to the program. The Basic Police Training Program is normally offered during the Fall and Spring semesters. Students will be scheduled for the next available course following completion of all steps required in the selection process. Once accepted, an information sheet containing general information about the Academy along with uniform requirements and other required clothing will be forwarded to you and your agency chief executive. You will also receive a copy of the Academy’s “Policy and Procedures Manual” prior to your report date.
NOTE: Admission Policy for Applicants with Prior Criminal Record
In compliance with Legislative Rule 149-2-16 (attached) it shall be the policy of the Fairmont State University Police Academy to refuse admission into a Basic Police Officer Training Program of any person who has been convicted or arrested by any state or by the federal government of any crime the punishment for which could have been imprisonment in a federal or state prison or institution or who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to or entered a plea of nolo contendere to any felony charge or to any violation of any federal or state laws or city ordinances, or to a sufficient number of misdemeanors to establish a pattern of disregard for the law, unless such person shall first petition for and receive from the Law Enforcement Training Subcommittee of the Governors Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction a declaration that such conviction or plea will not result in a Subcommittee recommendation to deny certification should the person be admitted to and successfully complete the Basic Police Officer Training program.
In furtherance of this policy, all applications for admission to a Basic Police Officer Training Program must include one Federal Bureau of Investigations APPLICANT fingerprint card, properly completed and bearing the applicants fingerprints along with the WVSP39F Release of Information Sticker. Such card will be submitted, by the Police Academy, to the Criminal Identification Bureau and the Federal Bureau of Investigation and any prior criminal record revealed as a result of such submission will become a part of the application file for use in enforcement of this policy.
The failure on the part of any student to disclose, prior to admission, any conviction or plea entered as hereto before specified or to report any such conviction of plea after being admitted, will be considered misconduct and upon discovery of such concealment, the student will be immediately dismissed from the Police Academy.
