HARLINGEN — The city and the area’s police academy are teaming up again.
City commissioners have entered into an agreement with the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council’s Regional Police Academy, allowing city police officers to provide training as part of the academy’s program.
The agreement comes seven months after the agency shut down its police academy amid an ongoing state investigation into concerns over harsh treatment of students.
Harlingen Police Chief Jeffry Adickes, who was part of the investigation by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, requested commissioners consider reuniting with the academy.
“Over the last several months, the LRGVDC leadership and Executive Director Ron Garza have worked with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement to reorganize the basic peace officer academy at Harlingen, which is now in operation,” Adickes told city commissioners in a meeting Wednesday.
