Academy

An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education or higher learning, research, or honorary membership. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece.

The original Academy

Before Akademia was a school, and even before Cimon enclosed its precincts with a wall, it contained a sacred grove of olive trees dedicated to Athena, the goddess of wisdom, outside the city walls of ancient Athens. The archaic name for the site was Hekademia, which by classical times evolved into Akademia and was explained, at least as early as the beginning of the 6th century BC, by linking it to an Athenian hero, a legendary "Akademos". The site of Akademia was sacred to Athena and other immortals.

Plato's immediate successors as "scholarch" of Akademia were Speusippus (347–339 BC), Xenocrates (339–314 BC), Polemon (314–269 BC), Crates (ca. 269–266 BC), and Arcesilaus (ca. 266–240 BC). Later scholarchs include Lacydes of Cyrene, Carneades, Clitomachus, and Philo of Larissa ("the last undisputed head of the Academy"). Other notable members of Akademia include Aristotle, Heraclides Ponticus, Eudoxus of Cnidus, Philip of Opus, Crantor, and Antiochus of Ascalon.

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A West Point for police will make the US safer | Opinion

The Columbus Dispatch 03 Apr 2025
Policing needs its own West Point-style academy ... Imagine the potential of a national police academy built in the image of West Point ... A national policing academy can provide a formal mechanism for tackling tough topics, serving as a center for best practices in community policing and training officers to engage with their communities....
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Sara Donahue sworn in as an officer with the Norwich Police Department: How is NPD staffing?

The Bulletin 03 Apr 2025
Donahue will begin the 386th training session at the Connecticut Municipal Police Academy on April 3. She is expected to graduate from the police academy in October of this year. Upon completion of the police academy, Donahue will begin an extensive field orientation training program....
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Be Good Ambassadors of Oyo, Makinde Charges Nigeria Police Cadets

This Day 03 Apr 2025
Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has charged cadets of Oyo State origin in the Regular Course 7 of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, Kano State, to be good ambassadors of the state and agents of change wherever they may find themselves ... Let me also say that I have worked with some great minds within the police....
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The Cambridge Police Department Has ‘Gone Live’ With Body-Worn Cameras

The Harvard Crimson 03 Apr 2025
The Cambridge Police Department has officially “gone live” with body-worn cameras, department leadership announced on Wednesday ... “This week was a pretty historic week for the police department,” Mulcahy said ... At the meeting, Mulcahy also updated the board on the current Police Academy class....
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Remembering Judy Kicha, who became a cop in the 1960s, when very few women dared

northjersey.com 03 Apr 2025
PASSAIC ― Judith Kicha did something very few women did in the 1960s — she was a police officer ... When she graduated from the Jersey City Police Academy on April 24, 1969, she was the lone female in a class of 46, the Passaic Herald News reported at the time. She went to work for the Passaic Police Department's Children's Bureau....
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Bharatpol portal started receiving requests for publication of Interpol notices: MHA tells Parliament

Beijing News 02 Apr 2025
Thereafter, individualized training has been given in online mode to the Andhra Pradesh Police, Delhi Police, Tripura Police, Telangana Police, Punjab Police, and Assam Police, the Minister said ... The portal developed by CBI facilitates Indian LEAs, enabling real-time information sharing for faster access to international police assistance....
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Rivera, Roberson discuss community policing at national police academy

The Valley Breeze 02 Apr 2025
CENTRAL FALLS – Central Falls Mayor Maria Rivera and Central Falls Police Chief Colonel Anthony Roberson were invited to speak at the 2025 DC Police Leadership Academy on Monday, March 3, as part of the Public Health and Police Initiative .......
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NYC sees dramatic reduction in murders, shootings in 2025 under NYPD boss Jessica Tisch’s leadership

New York Post 02 Apr 2025
Tisch, who took over the country’s largest police department in ... Tisch altered parts of the police academy requirements, including loosening the number of necessary college credits ... She also altered the police academy requirements in order to expand the force, she said....
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State Council appoints Joe Chow as HK's police commissioner

Hong Kong Standard 02 Apr 2025
Educated at the National Academy of Governance in Beijing, Harvard University, and College of Policing in the United Kingdom, Chow emphasized bridging generational gaps within the force in a 2024 interview with police publication OffBeat, during which he stressed the need to ......
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Exeter welcomes back K-9 unit after three-decade hiatus: Meet Bobo and his handler

Foster's Daily Democrat 02 Apr 2025
“The Exeter Police once had a K9 unit from 1988 to 1992,” Poulin stated in a letter to the board ... "His lifelong dream is to be a police K-9 hander." ... Bobo and Kennedy will be training for the next 14 weeks at the Boston Police Department’s Canine Academy, where they learn their trade and to trust each other as partners....
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Việt Nam to play Thailand in U17 friendly match

Vietnam News 02 Apr 2025
Football  ... It is jointly organised by the Việt Nam Football Federation, the Football Association of Thailand, the People's Police Sports Association and the two sides' friendship associations ... The match will be at 3pm at the People's Police Academy and livestreamed on Youtube VFF Channel ... VNS.  . ....
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Updated Dallas police training academy plan gains support amid cost uncertainty

NBC News 02 Apr 2025
City leaders think they have a clearer plan now for a proposed new Dallas police academy on the UNT Dallas campus but questions persist from city council over how much it will cost ... ....
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As the Rhode Island State Police turn 100, fighting crime has plenty of similarities

The Providence Journal 02 Apr 2025
Such was the backdrop for the founding of the Rhode Island State Police in 1925.A centennial anniversary ... As state police celebrate their centennial anniversary, many Rhode Islanders are acquainting themselves with the powers of artificial intelligence ... One system, introduced just a few years ago, lets police know when stolen cars are on the road....

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