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Mississippi Delta Law Enforcement Training Academy

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Mississippi Delta Community College is proud to host law enforcement training for the officers of the great state of Mississippi . Our Law Enforcement Training Academy , more commonly known as LETA, is accelerating by leaps and bounds. In an effort to produce more efficient and safety conscious officers, we offer our cadets a ten-week training regimen including physical fitness examinations, firearms certification and classroom training in the fields of:

Police Ethics
Crime Prevention
Cultural Awareness
Rules of the Road
Report Writing
Survival Spanish
Firearms Pressure Points
Traffic Patrol
Intoxilyzer
DUI Detection
Constitutional Law
Civil Liberties
Juvenile Law
First Aid and CPR
OC Spray

Officer Rights
History of Criminal Justice
Human Rights
Narcotics
Fingerprinting
Gag Awareness
Defensive Driving
Control Tactics
Basic Radio Communication
Accident and Basic Investigation
Mississippi State Statutes
Crisis Intervention
Crime Scene Investigation and Forensics
Courtroom Procedures
Traveling Criminal Apprehension Program
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In addition to the mandatory ten-week training course, LETA also offers advanced training to police officers in areas such as:

Search and Seizure
Hate Crimes
OC Instructor Course
Tactical Communications
Firearms
Firearms Instructor Course
Advances Female Training
Basic Driving Course
Forensics of narcotics Investigation
Anti-Terrorism Training (Homeland Security)
Handling Confidential Informants
PPCT Spontaneous Knife Instructor Course
PPCT Defense Tactics Instructor Course
Supervision of Police Personnel
Basic Introduction to Semi-Automatics
Interview and Interrogation
State of Mississippi Standardized Field Sobriety
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Instructor Development Course for State Certification
First Responder Course

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The Mississippi Delta Community College Law Enforcement Training Academy (MDCC LETA) is a Class I academy accredited by the Mississippi Board on Law Enforcement Officers’ Standards and Training to offer all levels of training to law enforcement officers from the Delta region of Mississippi and from across the state. Training at the academy began in August 1998. The MDCC LETA provides areas of instruction in the basic law enforcement curriculum, advanced training, part-time officer training, refresher training and in-service training. The academy is located on the campus of Mississippi Delta Community College, Hwy. 3, Moorhead, Mississippi.
            Age requirement: 21 years of age before certification. You must either have a high school diploma or G.E.D.
            For more information on LETA, please mail leta@msdelta.edu or call 662-246-6436. You may also request information by sending written requests to:

Mississippi Delta Community College
Law Enforcement Training Academy
P.O. Box 668
Moorhead , MS 38761

Call Diane for information/registration:  662.246.6436

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