GA POST case studies
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Georgia POST is the Georgia Peace Officer Standards & Training Council, the state body whose stated mission is "to provide the citizens of Georgia with qualified, professionally trained, ethical, and competent peace officers and criminal justice professionals." This page is an independent study guide for candidates navigating Georgia POST certification; it is not operated by, endorsed by, or affiliated with the Council. The material is organized around the four areas the Council's own site presents under POST Certifications: Basic Certifications, Equivalency of Training (EOT), Annual Training Requirements, and Career Development with Voluntary/Specialty Certifications, including the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) Certification page. The GA POST case studies are 5 cases and about 3,235 words.
1The Sixteen Missing Hours
Recruit Dana Whitfield completed the 408-hour Basic Law Enforcement Training Course at a regional academy and passed the Georgia POST basic exam on her first attempt. During week seven she contracted influenza and missed 16 hours of instruction-two full days covering crisis intervention and report writing.
546 words, about 3 min2The Alabama Sergeant Who Was Told to Start Over
Sergeant Luis Ortega has served 11 years with an Alabama sheriff's office and holds current Alabama POST certification. His basic academy was 520 hours, and he has logged roughly 300 hours of in-service training, including a 40-hour supervision course.
670 words, about 3 min3Seventeen Hours on December 5
Officer Priya Raman is a six-year patrol officer in a 140-officer agency. On December 5, her POST training transcript shows 17 approved in-service hours for the calendar year.
688 words, about 3 min4The Advanced Certificate Audit
Officer Terrence Boyd has eight years of service and currently holds Georgia POST's Intermediate career-development certificate. He is assembling an application for the Advanced certificate and lists 260 training hours: 120 hours of POST-approved in-service, 40 hours from a POST-certified general instructor course, 30 hours from a two-week FBI-LEEDA supervisory leadership course that was not submitted to POST, 20 hours from a college criminal-justice course, and 50 hours that are duplicate entries for courses already counted (the same two 25-hour courses taken twice and listed twice).
649 words, about 3 min5The Range Master Who Retired
Sergeant Angela Morse has 14 years of service and holds Georgia POST's Advanced career-development certificate. Since 2019 she has been an NRA-certified Law Enforcement Handgun Instructor and has run her agency's monthly practice sessions.
682 words, about 3 min