police academy
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2.8
- noun
- /pəˈliːs əˈkædəmi/
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academia de policía
- I got accepted into the police academy today.
- police academy graduate
- police academy training
- police academy class
I am chief of the police Academy.
- I am chief of the police Academy.
- So the Pennsylvania Police Academy will it, it wasn't accepting new applicants that year.
- So why not go to the police Academy where you can actually protect people?
- You're taught in the police Academy that you're always sort of in this constant state of suspicious readiness.
- We took off series of cars and we went to the police Academy.
- I was in grad school and Yep, going to the police Academy, you were in it What?
Examples
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Then all of a sudden he calls me, announcing he's graduated from the police academy.
Fiction book (2002) -
Heard a report from Chief of Police Mark Jackson that his department had hired a new officer, Sean Tyler, who is currently at the police academy and will graduate in December.
Blog text (10) -
So why not go to the police Academy where you can actually protect people?
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I am an honor graduate of your police academy in Washington.
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There are several tests to complete in order to be eligible for police academy.
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The new federal police began from scratch, hiring well-vetted college graduates, training them at a new police academy, and offering higher pay.
Academic text (2012) -
Education: After graduation, Austin will enroll in and attend Crabtree Community College to obtain an associate's degree in Criminal Justice as preparation for applying to the police academy.
Academic text (2013) -
THE POLICE ACADEMY IS TURNING OUT A DIFFERENT BREED OF COP NOWADAYS, AND I'M PROUD TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE FUTURE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
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A group of agents of Ixil descent, newly graduated from the police academy, were deployed in the largely Mayan department of El Quiche (MINUGUA 1998a).
Academic text (2000) -
After completing training at the police academy, she felt prepared to serve her community.
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a school where people are trained to become police officers' is directly derivable from combining 'police' (law enforcement organization) with 'academy' (institution for specialized training). This noun+ noun compositional pattern is common in English and cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Police academy joins police, the officers who keep order, and academy, a school, so you can picture new recruits practicing skills and studying the law. That's why it means 'a school where people are trained to become police officers'.