Answer: An Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) certification will be fully valid for two years.
The curriculum requires a minimum of 740 hours of training, although local academies may mandate additional hours. Some academies run on a weekday schedule, some offer evening and/or weekend training, and some are college-based and on a semester calendar.
The curriculum requires a minimum of 740 hours of training, although local academies may mandate additional hours.
Agents from the Special Investigations Unit investigate officer-involved critical incidents and OHLEG misuse and help local officers solve felony-level cases of homicide, financial crimes, public corruption and voter fraud, among other crimes.