Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 40, § 1375. Training school; fees

A. The department shall organize and maintain training facilities.

B. The training facilities shall be known as the “Donald J. Thibodeaux Training Complex”. Such facilities shall consist of the Training Academy at State Police Headquarters; Emergency Response Training Center near Holden, Louisiana; and Joint Emergency Services Training Center near Zachary, Louisiana.

C. No police employee of the department shall be assigned to active duty until he or she has successfully passed the course for probationers which is prescribed by the department and which is taught at the training facilities.

D. Training courses for the higher ranks, grades, and positions of the office shall be prescribed and conducted by the department for those police employees of the department who have been promoted to a higher rank, grade, or position.

E. The department shall make the training facilities available to any local government unit within this state by conducting schools at convenient centers for the training of police officers.