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Sergeant Keith Brittain
TRAINING UNIT The UAPD Training Unit oversees the training of all UAPD employees and is responsible for the yearly continuing training and certification of police officers from the moment of hire throughout the officer’s employment at UAPD. The Training Unit works with the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (AZ POST) to ensure officer certifications remain current. This is accomplished through ongoing training in such areas as: legal updates, search and seizure, firearms, TASER, driving, defensive tactics, less lethal munitions and impact weapons. The Training Unit is also involved with the initial certification process
for recruit police officers. The Training Unit serves as the departmental
liaison for recruits as they attend the Southern Arizona Law Enforcement
Training Center’s (SALETC) 17-week Basic Peace Officer Academy.
Following the academy, the Training Unit coordinates post-basic training
for the new officers and monitors the Field Training Phase that the new
officers must complete before they are released to operate in a solo capacity. About Sergeant Brittain Sergeant Keith Brittain is a 1992
graduate of the University of Arizona with a Bachelor’s Degree in
Secondary Education. He began working at UAPD in 1989 as student Community
Service Officer and became a Police Dispatcher in 1991. After graduating
from the UA Sergeant Brittain became a certified Police Officer, and throughout
the years was promoted first to Corporal and then to Sergeant. Over his
career he has been a Field Training Officer, Firearms Instructor (Pistol
and Rifle), TASER Instructor and Armorer, and General Instructor. After
15 years in uniformed patrol, he is now the department’s Training
Coordinator and work in the Operations Support Division to assist the
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