• Our Mission and Vision

    The mission of the Municipal Police Training Committee is to set and enforce training standards, to identify and meet the training needs of the municipal, University of Massachusetts, and environmental police officers of the Commonwealth, to facilitate the delivery of up-to-date, state-of-the-art training, and to document training. At the same time, the MPTC must be responsive to the needs of municipal and University of Massachusetts departments, the Massachusetts Environmental Police, and the communities they serve. Click the link above to view the vision of the MPTC.


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    MPTC

    Establishes training standards for and provides training programs to more than 20,000 professional men and women who serve as police officers throughout the Commonwealth.

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    Basic Training

    The MPTC provides Recruit Officer Courses to full and part-time municipal, University of Massachusetts, and Environmental police officers.

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    Instructor Development

    The MPTC provides instructor certification to qualified police professionals for classroom and hands-on skills based settings.

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    Annual Professional Development

    MPTC Regional Training Academies offer Annual Professional Development training as mandated by the Committee.

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    Online Professional Development

    Online courses are offered to departments looking for an affordable and convenient training option for their officers.

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    Specialized Professional Development

    Focused specialized professional development training is developed as a result of close work between the police department and academies.

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Training and Academies

Locate training calendars for Recruit Officer Courses and Professional Development programs.


Statewide Training Bulletin

The Municipal Police Training Committee is dedicated to getting the Commonwealth’s police officers the training they need.  In furtherance of this goal, the MPTC provides notices of police-related training being hosted by various agencies (municipal, county, state, and federal) in the New England region.


Exemptions and Temporary Waivers

A police department’s Appointing Authority may apply for a Exemption from recruit training for a person being hired in Massachusetts who has been employed as a police officer in another state or, as a result of documented public safety emergency or other exigent circumstances, a 270-day Temporary Waiver may be granted to a part-time police officer being hired full-time until the start date of the next available academy session.


Transcripts and Training Manuals