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Regional Police Academies

There are regional law enforcement academies throughout the state. The State operated facilities whose staff members are employees of the Georgia Public Safety Training Center are:

GPSTC Regional Police Academy (Augusta)
GPSTC Regional Police Academy (Macon)
GPSTC Regional Police Academy (Athens)
GPSTC Regional Police Academy (Dalton)
GPSTC Regional Police Academy (Tifton)
GPSTC Regional Police Academy (Savannah)
GPSTC Regional Police Academy (Columbus)

The other academies, Fulton County Public Safety Training Center (College Park), Clayton Regional Law Enforcement Agency (Jonesboro) and North Central Georgia Law Enforcement Academy (Austell) provide services to their regions through contracted state funds and support from sponsoring agencies. All academies are supported by Advisory Boards made up of local officers and civilian personnel.

ATHENS
GPSTC Regional Police Academy
Andy Garrison, Training Manager
agarriso@gpstc.state.ga.us
55 Beaverdam Road
Athens, GA 30605

Phone: 706/369-6342
FAX: 706/369-6335

ATLANTA
Atlanta Police Academy

Maj Osborne, Director
apdtraining@mindspring.com
180 Southside Industrial Parkway, Suite 34
Atlanta, GA 30354-3057

Phone: 404/209-5250
FAX: 404/209-5258

AUGUSTA
GPSTC Regional Police Academy
Richard Dixon, Training Manager
rdixon@gpstc.state.ga.us
2092 Greenland Road
Blythe, GA 30805

Phone: 706/592-1518
FAX: 706/592-1905

AUSTELL
North Central Georgia LEA
Carole Morgan, Director
cmorgan@ncglea.state.ga.us
5000 Austell-Powder Springs Rd, Ste 151
Austell, GA 30106-2427

Phone: 770/732-5929
FAX: 770/732-5938

CLAYTON
Clayton Regional Law Enforcement Academy
Debbie Turner, Director
clayton@gpstc.state.ga.us
1560 Commercial Court
Jonesboro, GA 30238

Phone: 770/473-6602
FAX: 770/473-3870

COLUMBUS
GPSTC Regional Police Academy
Billy Mixon, Training Manager
bmixon@gpstc.state.g.ua
4225 University Ave
Columbus, GA 31907-5645

Phone: 706/568-2025
FAX: 706/569-3127

DALTON (formerly Calhoun)
GPSTC Regional Police Academy
Richard Dixon, Acting Training Manager
rdixon@gpstc.state.ga.us
P.O. Box 1083
Dalton, GA 30722

Phone: 706/272-2009
FAX: 706/272-2015

DEKALB
DeKalb County Police Academy
Jim Helms, Director
jhelms3@co.dekalb.ga.us
2484 Bruce St
Lithonia, GA 30058

Phone: 770/482-0350
FAX: 770/482-0361

FULTON
Fulton County PSTC
Donny Cook, Director
DonaldCook@co.fulton.ga.us
4710 Campbell Dr
College Park, GA 30349

Phone: 404/346-7940
FAX: 404/346-7941

GWINNETT
Gwinnett County Police Academy
Joyce Parish, Director
joy.parish@gwinnettcounty.com
854 Winder Hwy
Lawrenceville, GA 30045

Phone: 770/339-2602
FAX: 770/271-6873

MACON
GPSTC Regional Police Academy
John Taylor, Training Manager
jtaylor@gpstc.state.ga.us
2055 Eisenhower Parkway
Building "A"
Macon, GA. 31206

Phone: 478/751-4061
FAX: 478/751-6235

MARIETTA
Cobb County Police Academy
Berry Banks, Director
bbanks@cobbco.org
2109 Academy Drive
Marietta, GA 30008

Phone: 770/590-5650
FAX: 770/499-5660

SAVANNAH
GPSTC Regional Police Academy
Greg Sewell, Training Manager
gsewell@gpstc.state.ga.us
11935 Abercorn St.
Savannah, GA 31419-1997

Phone: 912/927-5226
FAX: 912/927-5227

TIFTON
GPSTC Regional Police Academy
Marty Smith, Training Manger
msmith@gpstc.state.ga.us
2802 Moore Highway, ABAC 49
Tifton, GA 31793-2601

Phone: 229/386-3606
FAX: 229/386-7246