Six police officers from different departments applied to work in Dayton and are a part of the lateral recruit unit. These officers will go through an abbreviated 10-week academy class to learn how ...

The Wichita Police Department wants to fill its ranks with experience. Rather than the 24-week long training academy, the department is currently accepting applications for their Lateral Academy. The ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For the first time, the Bernalillo County Fire Department will host an academy specifically for those with firefighting experience. BCFD has started taking applications for ...

OAKLAND (KCBS)— The Oakland Police Department started a new lateral academy Tuesday designed to help rebuild its understaffed force. While city officials had hoped between eight and 15 recruits would ...

The Abilene Police Department celebrated its lateral academy graduation Friday afternoon, welcoming three new officers to the department’s roster. A lateral academy, as opposed to a traditional police ...

LONG BEACH – Recent pension concessions have led the way for a lateral Fire Department academy, the first since 2008, officials announced Monday. The academy, which is expected to commence in the next ...

Twenty-nine officers will soon be patrolling the streets in Albuquerque as they prepare to graduate from a lateral class. A lateral class is where certified officers from other departments take a ...

The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office was notified on Saturday by the Chattanooga Police Department that one of its recently hired, lateral transfers was allegedly found to be engaging in conduct ...