The Clayton County police academy is shutting down.  Just south of Atlanta, the Clayton County academy is a professional training center that trained new recruits and offered advanced training to experienced Georgia officers.

In hard economic times, the first thing to cut is cops, firefighters, and teachers.  The first thing cut at a police department?  Training, of course.

It really is too bad.  I had the chance to attend the Clayton County academy for a variety of courses in the late ’90s/early 00′s, and I was impressed by how they ran their ship.  They had some very good instructors, and things were kept very professional.  Clayton County will suffer with their loss.

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