Pennsylvania State Police lift college credit requirement for prospective troopers

ON THE CHANGES FROM HEADQUARTERS IN HERSHEY. IN ORDER TO GET MORE APPLICANTS WALKING THROUGH THE DOORS HERE AT THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE ACADEM...

September 5, 2023
6:54 AM

ON THE CHANGES FROM HEADQUARTERS IN HERSHEY. IN ORDER TO GET MORE APPLICANTS WALKING THROUGH THE DOORS HERE AT THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE ACADEMY. GOVERNOR SHAPIRO SAYS THE STATE NEEDS TO REMOVE AN ARBITRARY EDUCATIONAL BARRIER THAT KEEPS MANY PEOPLE FROM EVEN APPLYING. CASSIDY AND PONTIUS. THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE SHOULD BE OPEN TO ANY QUALIFIED PENNSYLVANIAN GOVERNOR, SHAPIRO SAYS PROSPECTIVE TROOPERS WILL NO LONGER NEED COLLEGE CREDIT OR A DEGREE TO JOIN THE ACADEMY. IT'S A MOVE, HE SAYS, WILL LET MORE PEOPLE APPLY TO JOIN CADET CLASSES.

Tom Lehman