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  2. Police officer certification and licensure in the United ...

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    In the United States, certification and licensure requirements for law enforcement officers vary significantly from state to state. [1] [2] Policing in the United States is highly fragmented, [1] and there are no national minimum standards for licensing police officers in the U.S. [3] Researchers say police are given far more training on use of firearms than on de-escalating provocative ...

  3. List of professional designations in the United States

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    Obtaining a certificate is voluntary in some fields, but in others, certification from a government-accredited agency may be legally required to perform certain jobs or tasks. Organizations in the United States involved in setting standards for certification include the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Institute for ...

  4. Professional certification - Wikipedia

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    Obtaining a certificate is voluntary in some fields, but in others, certification from a government-accredited agency may be legally required to perform certain jobs or tasks. In other countries, licenses are typically granted by professional societies or universities and require a certificate after about three to five years and so on thereafter.

  5. Police chief passes physical test, closer to earning POST ...

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    Sep. 21—By the time Glynn County Police Chief Jacques Battiste got to the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth on Monday morning, he was well versed on the center's physical agility ...

  6. List of EMS provider credentials - Wikipedia

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    An EMS provider's post-nominal (listed after the name) credentials usually follow his or her name in this order: Highest earned academic degree in or related to medicine, (e.g. "MD") Highest licensure or certification (e.g. "NRP") Further certifications (e.g. "CCEMT-P") Generally, credentials are listed from most to least prestigious.

  7. Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training

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    As the first board of its kind in the U.S., POST has been studied by scholars. [14] [15] In 1984, Maria Pastoor criticized the Board's training on how to react to domestic violence. According to Pastoor, the training the Board oversaw defined domestic violence as a crime against the family, while using a "hierarchical family model" that placed ...

  8. Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies

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    The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) is a credentialing authority (accreditation), based in the United States, whose primary mission is to accredit public safety agencies, namely law enforcement agencies, training academies, communications centers, and campus public safety agencies.

  9. Nursing credentials and certifications - Wikipedia

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    Nursing credentials and certifications are the various credentials and certifications that a person must have to practice nursing legally. Nurses' postnominal letters (abbreviations listed after the name) reflect their credentials—that is, their achievements in nursing education, licensure, certification, and fellowship.