NIA sends off 20 members of first graduating class

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Law enforcement and corrections officers, from agencies large and small, left Polk State’s Center for Public Safety on Nov. 18 equipped with the tools needed to take the next step in their careers and to…

Polk State KCTIPS cadets sit in on “eye-opening” hearings

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Students at the Kenneth C. Thompson Institute of Public Safety (KCTIPS) at Polk State College put in hundreds of hours of training to become certified as law enforcement, corrections, or probation officers. On Tuesday, Sept.…

Polk State President Eileen Holden, as well as past and present members of Polk County's legislative delegation and numerous other local leaders, gathered on Friday, Jan. 8, to cut the ribbon at the Polk State Center for Public Safety.

Community Celebrates Opening of Center for Public Safety

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Polk State President Eileen Holden, as well as past and present members of Polk County's legislative delegation and numerous other local leaders, gathered on Friday, Jan. 8, to cut the ribbon at the Polk State Center for Public Safety.

  The ribbon has been cut and the Polk State Center for Public Safety is officially open for business. Polk State celebrated the grand opening of the state-of-the-art, 101,450-square-foot facility with a ceremony on Friday,…

Polk State Breaks Ground on Center for Public Safety

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The ground has been broken and Polk State’s Center for Public Safety is officially underway. Polk State hosted the groundbreaking event for the new location Thursday morning. More than 300 local and state officials, alumni,…

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