Law Enforcement Training Begins Here

The South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy (SCCJA) provides law enforcement training. The SCCJA equips South Carolina's certified law enforcement and detention officers with essential knowledge, skills, and abilities. From SC police training to constable training to peace officer training, the SCCJA helps assure professional law enforcement training for various SC law enforcement officers.

As the SC law enforcement school, the SCCJA provides standardized, uniform basic, advanced, and specialized law enforcement training. The Academy began providing SC police officer training in 1968. The SCCJA graduates more than 18 Basic Law Enforcement classes and 13 Basic Jail classes per year. All courses considered, the Academy annual graduates approximately 23,000 students. Among the graduates are SC 911 operators, SC Highway Patrol officers, SC correctional officers, and other SC law enforcement officers.