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Comparative Compliance Training Program

The Comparative Compliance Training Course is an abbreviated entrance-level program designed for previously certified Maryland police officers who have been separated from law enforcement between 3 and 5 years and non-Maryland officers who completed an acceptable entrance-level academy in another state or through the federal government. Attendees must be employed by a Maryland police agency to attend. All attendees must have received a waiver from the Police Training & Standards Commission as regulated by COMAR 12.04.01.14 Subsection E “Waiver of an Entrance-Level Training Standard.” For more information, view the Comparative Compliance Requests details.

  • Maryland Criminal Code
  • Maryland Motor Vehicle Code
  • Maryland Juvenile Law and Procedures
  • Emergency Medical Care
  • Driving Under the Influence Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Test Course
  • Firearms (COMAR 12.04.01.14E(8)(d)).
For more information, contact the Registrar or Police Entrance Level Manager as listed on the Contact page. You can also reach out to mpctcletu.dpscs@maryland.gov. A tentative schedule of upcoming academy dates is below:

Police Entrance Level Schedule

Courses are posted for registration once all details are finalized and enrollments are being accepted.

Class Start End

  Class 40

03/02/2026

08/28/2026

  CC 26-02

10/05/2026

11/13/2026