Park Ranger Law Enforcement Academy (AAS & CERT)

The Park Ranger Law Enforcement Academy at Colorado Northwestern Community College is one of six PRLEA’s in the nation.  The Academy trains you in all aspects of law enforcement knowledge, skills, concepts, and methodologies necessary to qualify you to apply for seasonal employment with the National Park Service as a law enforcement Ranger, and is widely accepted as qualifying for basic training in numerous other local and state law enforcement agencies. 

Upon graduation from the program, you will receive a certificate of completion from the U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service Law Enforcement Training Center qualifying you to apply for NPS seasonal law enforcement jobs.  The basic training classes will prepare you for a career as an NPS law enforcement ranger. You will be required to:

• Complete an approved program with at least 650 classroom hours
• Pass drug, medical, and background screenings
• Meet physical fitness standards

The program is rigorous, requiring you to be in excellent physical conditioning and pass a mandatory physical fitness test known as the physical efficiency battery, (PEB) consisting of a one-and-a-half-mile run, bench press for maximum effort, agility run, flexibility test and body composition test.  The PEB minimum requirements are age and gender adjusted.

Professional Licensure and Disclosures

The Academy is eligible for FAFSA!
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