ORS; OAR Standards - Admission to the Police Reserve Academy is subject to the minimum standards, policies and objectives established in ORS 181.630; OAR 259-008-0000. Factors 1 – 4 will be assessed by the PRA instructional staff:

1. Demonstrate cultural competences
2. Ethically, physically and emotionally fit; and well trained, highly skilled and responsive to the needs of their communities
3. Meet the standards for all levels of career development in areas of employment; promotion education, physical, emotional, intellectual, and moral fitness; and any other matter that relates to the competence and reliability of a person seeking employment or promotion within the police, corrections, and parole and probation services
4. Criminal Records; No police, corrections, or parole and probation officer shall have been convicted of violating any law involving the unlawful use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of a controlled substance, narcotic, or dangerous drugs

Student Success Standards

1. Applicants must have a high school diploma or GED.
2. Students who have attempted, withdrawn, or failed PRA courses will not receive preference. Exceptions: Military deployment, Family medical leave (case by case review).

Agency Sponsorship/Recommendation

Applicants who meet both ORS and OAR along with the PRA Program standards as outlined above in the above sections selection for admission into the Police Reserve Academy according to the following:

1. Students who have a letter of sponsorship from a law enforcement agency have first priority for admission into the program.
2. Students who are not sponsored but have letters of recommendation from a law enforcement agency have second priority for admission into the program.
3. Umpqua Community College Criminal Justice Majors
4. Preference for students who have current DPSST certifications in Law enforcement or Security
5. Remaining students without letters of sponsorship or recommendation are selected randomly using the above criteria until the current year’s target PRA class size is met.

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