The Mentor Police Department’s Personnel and Training Unit oversees the department’s recruitment and selection efforts and process. Job-related training programs are developed and implemented to include roll call, in-service training, and career development programs. The unit maintains training records and monitors the department’s compliance with federal and state requirements related to the training function. During 2019 the department invested 15,970 hours in training to maintain and improve the skill levels of sworn officers and civilian employees. Of those hours, 4,513 hours were free training.
