POE Cadet Areas of Study

The Colorado State Patrol Training Academy offers an invaluable amount of opportunities to provide you with the knowledge, skills and abilities you will need to be a Colorado State Port of Entry Officer.

In addition to the required 40 hour NASI Part A (Driver) Course Completion from Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, you will receive over an additional 400 hours of training specific to the Colorado State Patrol and state statute as a Port of Entry Officer.

Some additional courses specific to our Agency are:

Brands and Livestock Identification
Communications – Dispatch
Criminal Interdiction
Operations Manual - Policy Review
Radio Procedures
TIMS
First Aid/CPR/AED
Hazardous Materials
Introduction to Leadership
Oversize/Overweight Rules and Regulations
Safety Awareness
Size and Weight Enforcement
Verbal Communication
Wellness
Traffic Control
Defensive Driving

Port of Entry Cadets being trained at the CSP academy.

A cadet providing direction to another cadet sitting in a Port of Entry vehicle.

Port of entry cadets standing at attention outside the CSP academy

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