(Fond du Lac) Moraine Park Technical College and Fond du Lac County have partnered to create a Jail Academy. The Memorandum of Understanding agreement allows MPTC to offer correctional officer training academy.
The program, called Jail Academy, is a Department of Justice accredited 200-hour program offered to both current Fond du Lac County and surrounding county employees to gain certification as a correctional officer.
As part of the partnership, Fond du Lac County is providing the learning spaces, and Moraine Park will provide the curriculum and instructors. Moraine Park’s Criminal Justice Instructor Jeff Gruss will lead the program as the academy director.
The College will utilize various instructors to teach the different modules and curriculum throughout the academy. The first cohort of 18 students will begin training at the Jail Academy this fall.
