CCA is an accredited community college with campuses in Aurora and Denver Colorado

Welcome to our P.O.S.T. certified Police Academy

If you want a headstart into the fast-paced world of law enforcement, this is where it begins! Our law enforcement graduates are working throughout the state. Many serve in leadership positions, and we are proud to have several past graduates go on to become police chiefs!

Our program is certified by the Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (P.O.S.T.).  We have full and part-time academies and in our courses, you will earn academic credit toward the completion of a degree.

Getting Started
We are accepting applications for the next academy. Apply today!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What makes us different

Through our intensive classroom and tactical curricula, focused on the most current knowledge and skills taught by leading instructors in the profession, we will give you the confidence needed to be the law enforcement professional you desire to be!

Click here to see a list of courses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Police Academy contacts

Michael Carter
Program Director
303.340.7211
Michael.Carter@CCAurora.edu

Michelle Doucette
Program Assistant
303.340.7215
Michelle.Doucette@CCAurora.edu


Click here to see our faculty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Police Academy
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  • 239 students walk in ceremony

    CCA's 2013 commencement ceremony took place Saturday, May 11 before a crowd of about 2,200 people at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Denver International Airport. It was the first time since 2008 that the event returned to that venue and the sixth time overall that graduation took place at the site.