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Police Academy graduation puts more officers on the streets

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From the West Alabama Newsroom– The Selma Police Department — and the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office — were two of nineteen law enforcement agencies that had new officers among a new graduating class of the police academy. Selma PD has raised the starting pay for officers — in an effort to attract new officers. And Chief Kenta Fulford says he…

Union Springs PD Adds New Requirements to Officer Training

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The Union Springs Police Department has added requirements to its officer recruitment system in efforts to attract more qualified officers. An applicant must now pass a physical agility test, which includes 22 pushups, 25 sit-ups, and a 1.5 mile run in 15 minutes, 28 seconds. “We’ve come up with the idea that they have to prove to us that they…