Covid-19: We are in an opened status. Should you need to enter the building, please take your temperature (thermometer located in the foyer), log your name and answer the health screening questions.  We ask that you refrain from shaking hands, practice social distancing and utilize the hand sanitizer located throughout the building.  If you do have any symptoms of the virus please do not come in the building.  

The New River Criminal Justice Training Academy is one of the Commonwealth of Virginia’s eleven regional academies providing a wide variety of criminal justice programs for local law enforcement officers, jail officers, and communications personnel for its member agencies located in the New River Valley. Established in 1975, the NRCJTA mission is to provide "professionalism through training" to the officers and staffs of its member organizations by providing training opportunities based upon mandated skills requirements and specific identified member agency training needs. The primary objective of the Academy is to assist the professional growth and development of Law Enforcement, Jail, and Dispatcher personnel employed by local jurisdictions in its service area. For over 44 years, the New River Criminal Justice Training Academy has been committed to providing the highest achievable quality of program instruction to its member agencies.

Non-Discrimination Statement

In accordance with Federal/State/Civil Rights laws and New River Criminal Justice Training Academy (NRCJTA) regulations and policies, the NRCJTA, its offices, and employees are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or sponsored by NRCJTA.