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APD is excited to announce a new
academic program with the Arlington
Independent School District (AISD)
and the University of Texas at Arlington
(UTA). This new APD program,
Hometown Recruiting, puts the police
department in a great position to hire
the best and the brightest from our
community. In a continuous effort to
build upon our effective partnerships
with AISD and UTA, we have initiated
several academic programs designed to
identify and capitalize on the talent and
diversity that makes Arlington great.
Hometown Recruiting allows
students to receive preferential hiring
incentives upon completion of a
baccalaureate Criminal Justice degree
program at UTA. These incentives
include receiving a guaranteed
interview in APD’s hiring process,
ensuring employment opportunities
in police academy classes for the top
performers in the program based upon
academic standings, and recognition at
department annual award ceremonies.
There are also other tangible and
intangible benefits that students can
capitalize on including accruement of
up to 9 college credit hours as an AISD
student that can be transferred into the
UTA degree program, savings of up to
$3,808 in tuition costs, and multiple
mentoring and coaching opportunities
throughout the program.
Hometown Recruiting has
three major components. The first
component is actual admission into
the dual credit technical program at
AISD. Students can earn dual credit
while still in high school that can be
applied at UTA. There is also an AISD
Police Academy that is offered during
the senior year which is structured
APD Hometown Recruiting Program
AISD AISD Police Academy
similar to a
basic police