Law-enforcement students build skills at Fort McCoy’s CACTF with September training

Photo By Scott Sturkol | A student with Western Technical College of Sparta, Wis., participates in a law-enforcement training scenario Sept. 14, 2017, at Fort McCoy’s Combined Arms Collective Training Facility, or CACTF, complex. The complex was built at a cost of more than $14 million and was completed in late 2012. The support buildings in the CACTF complex represent multistory residential, commercial, government, business, and industrial operations. The area is frequently used for Western Tech law-enforcement student training as well as by law-enforcement agencies from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES

09.19.2017

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                                 

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Students from the Western Technical College Criminal Justice-Law Enforcement Academy held law-enforcement training exercises Sept. 14 at Fort McCoy’s Combined Arms Collective Training Facility.

The Criminal Justice-Law Enforcement Academy, located in Sparta, prepares candidates for entry-level law-enforcement positions in the state of Wisconsin, according to the college.

The program is provided for sworn law-enforcement personnel and civilian personnel to meet the pre-service training requirements identified by state law and Wisconsin's Department of Justice Training and Standards Bureau.

The students used buildings in the CACTF complex on South Post for the training exercises.

Built in late 2012, the CACTF provides a wide variety of training environments. In addition to primarily supporting military units from all branches of service, the CACTF also supports numerous state and federal agencies, such as the Wisconsin State Patrol Academy and the FBI, and educational institutions such as Western Technical College, when the facility is available.

Fort McCoy has supported America’s armed forces since 1909. The installation’s motto is to be the “Total Force Training Center.” The post’s varied terrain, state-of-the-art ranges, new as well as renovated facilities, and extensive support infrastructure combine to provide military personnel with an environment in which to develop and sustain the skills necessary for mission success.

Today, Fort McCoy has become the Army’s premier Total Force Training Center for Army Early Response Force early deployers to meet the Army's operational demand requirements. Learn more about Fort McCoy online at www.mccoy.army.mil, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”

• Date Taken: 09.19.2017
• Date Posted: 09.19.2017 16:59
• Story ID: 248881
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US