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The North Carolina Chapter's History

Introduction

The FBI National Academy is the product of the late, J. Edgar Hoover, and police chiefs from local departments. The Academy is designed to insure that the standard of performance of law enforcement is raised to a high level of public acceptance. The goal of the Academy has been to see that every law enforcement officer who desires to be thoroughly trained receive the best possible training by competent and qualified law enforcement professionals.

History

On October 19, 1935, the FBI National Academy graduated the first class of law enforcement officers who spent twelve weeks at the Federal Bureau of investigation Headquarters, Washington, DC, receiving intense law enforcement training. In intervening years over 200 sessions have graduated law enforcement professionals who returned to local their departments.

The North Carolina Chapter is one of 47 state chapters operating in affiliation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy Associates, Incorporated and is a Not-For-Profit Corporation chartered March 25, 1998 by the State of North Carolina.

Currently over 300 North Carolina law enforcement professionals both active and retired are members. Each year, approximately 25 North Carolina officers from local, state, and federal departments graduate from the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia. Chapter members meet at least three times annually at locations throughout the State to conduct business, discuss State law enforcement issues, and to take advantage of current training. Law enforcement professionals who are not graduates are also welcome to attend these meetings.