LIMA, Ohio (WLIO) — Apollo Career Center is working to meet local workforce demands, including in safety services. , which will house the fire academy, truck driver training school, and the Criminal Justice program.
Starting this fall, juniors and seniors will have the opportunity to begin training for careers in law enforcement. Instructors will introduce students to the fundamentals of policing, forensics, crime scene investigation, and the corrections field. Students will not only gain technical skills but also develop the ethics and leadership qualities necessary for the profession.
Starting this fall, juniors and seniors will have the opportunity to begin training for careers in law enforcement.
“Once an agency would hire a candidate, they'll send them to the basic police academy. They can go on to college and study criminology. There's various things they can do. They can come out of Apollo eligible for jobs in dispatch, and go into cadet programs. I think the new facility is really going to help the program, which is got off to a tremendous start already. I would like to see it at some point, would be able to expand and offer more courses aligned with the criminal justice field,” said Tony Swygart, Apollo’s Criminal Justice instructor.
The Criminal Justice program is proving to be a popular choice among high school students, as enrollment for the first year has already reached capacity.
The Lima Rotary Club recently received an inside look at Apollo’s new Public Safety Training Center.
