The Nashville police academy’s latest graduating class is 40% female — a large jump from past years.
Rethinking The Police Academy: As Nashville’s police academy grapples with high dropout rates, new leaders tone down the stress
Nashville’s police academy has struggled to graduate women and people of color. But a new administration is making changes to try to attract and better prepare a more diverse set of officers.
Rethinking The Police Academy: Why are many departments still using military-style training when research suggests it’s not the best option?
Recent shootings by police have raised questions about how officers are trained. But those conversations have mostly focused on the classes recruits take, not the environment in which they learn.
Rethinking The Police Academy: Nashville’s police department wants to diversify, but its training program has failed many women and people of color
About 1,000 police recruits didn’t complete in recent years. Despite the department’s desire to diversify the force, women and people of color dropped out at the highest rates.
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