''The Academy'' is a
reality television series
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that provides a behind-the-scenes look at police recruits of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Academy as they go through an 18-week training course to become deputies of the
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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. The program premiered in May 2007 on
Fox Reality Channel
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with class 355. As of fall 2007, the series is also aired on
MyNetworkTV
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. There were 111 recruits to start out and 24 were separated. Separations occur when recruits fail make-up exams, simply decide to resign due to injury or by personal choice, or when the instructors feel the recruit shouldn't continue with training.
The lead drill instructor was Deputy Miley a.k.a. "The Ramrod". Class 355 was mostly made of recruits for the
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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, but there were recruits for other agencies as well such as the
Los Angeles Port Police
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Torrance Police Department
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The department employs 227 sworn officers and 124 civilians. The department is the largest law enforcement agency in South Bay, and is one of the largest polic ...
,
Inglewood Police Department
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,
Redondo Beach Police Department
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, and the
Pomona Police Department
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. The finale for the first season was on Thursday, August 2, 2007.
Fox Reality
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started taping the second season of the show in early November 2007 at the STARS Center, the Los Angeles County Sheriff academy. The second-season premiere aired on May 24, 2008, and the second-season finale aired on July 26, 2008. The third season of The Academy, which premiered on October 24, 2009 provides a behind-the-scenes look at recruits of the
Orange County Fire Authority
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, California.
Drill instructors
* Sgt. Mark Wilkins –
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
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* Dep. Dwight Miley –
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, Industry Station – "The Ramrod".
:Deputy Dwight Miley holds the
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Medal of Valor
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, the highest honor of the Department, which was awarded June 21, 2000, "in consequence of your heroic actions on April 12, 1998, when you unselfishly placed yourself in immediate danger to save the lives of fellow deputies." Miley won this in association with six other deputies after Sgt. Dean Scoville was shot responding to a domestic dispute.
[Los Angeles Times, "Deputy Shot by Man in Industry", April 13, 1998, page B-3; http://articles.latimes.com/1998/apr/13/local/me-38868]
* Dep. Rene Garcia –
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, Norwalk Station
* Dep. Ray Jones –
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, Carson Station
* Dep. Sidra Sherrod –
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, Lennox Station
* Dep. Pete Enciso –
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, East Los Angeles Station
* Ofcr. Jeremiah Hart –
Torrance Police Department
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– Season 1
* Ofcr. Ryan Peterson –
Torrance Police Department
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The department employs 227 sworn officers and 124 civilians. The department is the largest law enforcement agency in South Bay, and is one of the largest polic ...
– Season 2
Season 3 (Orange County Fire Class 36)
Class 36 consists of recruits from various backgrounds, including EMTs, firefighters from other cities, a construction manager, dispatchers, a corporate vice president, and a former professional football player. The class started out with 28 recruits (the top one percent of all applicants). Through the entire 18-week program, four were released:
*Lefebvre (week 9): Failed remedial Mid-Term test, but still active with Orange County Fire Authority as a dispatcher
*Adelman (week 11): Failed remedial test
*Westphal (week 14): Repeated failure to follow directions and numerous safety concerns
*Kermott (week 17): Failed remedial Final test
References
External links
Fox Reality Channel's "The Academy: Orange County Fire" Goes Behind-the-Scenes For the First Time to Capture a Recruit Class as It Endures 18-Weeks of Fire Academy Training"The Academy" – Fox Reality*
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MyNetworkTV original programming
2007 American television series debuts
2000s American reality television series
Television shows set in Los Angeles
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English-language television shows
Documentary television series about policing