After strong encouragement from the Alabama Sheriffs’ Association and longtime Calhoun County Sheriff Larry Amerson, as well as Monroe County Sheriff Tom Tate and Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones, both of whom served on the ACCA Liability Self-Insurance Fund, Inc., Board of Trustees, a new basic training program for jail officers began in 2015.
Called the Alabama Jail Training Academy, the new effort is not a replacement for the long-standing program offered by APOST, but an alternative for those counties unable to send their jail officers to a two-week long training program. The target date for the first class is February 2015, with all classes scheduled for the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Prattville.
The program will include a total of four classes (each will be two-days in length with only ONE overnight stay for each class). The curriculum is being developed by the National Institute for Jail Operations, with advice and assistance from the Alabama Sheriffs Association and the ACCA Liability and Workers’ Compensation Insurance Funds.
Instructors will be jail officers from around the state who have been trained by the National Institute for Jail Operations.
Questions?
Call the Association of County Commissions of Alabama
334-263-7594