OTC closing its police academy

Hagan campus expected to get diesel program instead

A big rig used for Commercial Truck Driving classes turns onto the drive at Ogeechee Techs Evans County campus. The campus is losing its Police Academy, but truck-related programs are expected to expand. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff

OTC HaganTruck1 — A big rig used for Commercial Truck Driving classes turns onto the drive at Ogeechee Techs Evans County campus. The campus is losing its Police Academy, but truck-related programs are expected to expand. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff

The 12 members of the final class of Ogeechee Technical College’s Law Enforcement Academy are scheduled to graduate May 4 in the Kennedy Auditorium on the college’s main campus in Statesboro. OTC President Lori Durden announced last week that the academy, which has trained police officers for nine years, will cease operation at the end of the fiscal year, June 30. The program at Ogeechee Tech’s Evans County campus in Hagan remains certified by the Georgia Peace Officer and Standards and Training Council.

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