With the Clayton Regional Law Enforcement Academy scheduled to close by the end of this month, 165 law enforcement agencies in 18 Georgia counties will have to look elsewhere to train their officers. In addition, 25 citizens paying out of their own pockets to become officers, will have their training abruptly ended.
A recent decision of the Clayton County Board of Commissioners has resulted in the academy shutting down by Aug. 1, less than a year after former Clayton County Police Chief Jeff Turner was reassigned to be the academy's director.
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