Rhode Island’s 147th municipal police academy session begins with Warwick among recruiting departments

Rhode Island’s 147th Municipal Police Training Academy session began Aug. 3, opening the next scheduled training cycle for municipal police recruits statewide. Warwick Police was among the departments with an entry-level officer recruitment listing tied to the August 2026 class.

The session is scheduled to graduate Dec. 18, 2026, according to the academy’s application timeline and deliverable schedule.

The development marks a documented step in Warwick’s police recruitment pipeline, but available academy records do not confirm how many Warwick applicants entered the session, how many department positions may be open, or whether any recruits will ultimately be hired by Warwick.

Warwick listing tied to August class

The Rhode Island Municipal Police Training Academy’s employment opportunities page lists a Warwick Police Department officer recruitment dated March 12, 2026. The page identifies the August 2026 academy class as the relevant training cycle.

That listing shows Warwick was recruiting in connection with the class. It is not, however, a completed Warwick-specific hiring announcement. The available records do not identify individual applicants or recruits associated with the department.

Municipal departments use the academy process as part of recruiting and training prospective officers. The start of the 147th session therefore provides the known next stage after recruitment for departments participating in the August cycle, including Warwick’s listed recruitment effort.

Statewide academy session

The Municipal Police Training Academy is operated through the Rhode Island Department of Public Safety and is held at the Community College of Rhode Island’s Lincoln campus. Although Warwick Police appears on the academy’s recruitment page, the academy session itself is in Lincoln, not Warwick.

The 147th session is identified as the 2026-II class in the academy’s schedule. Its Aug. 3 start and Dec. 18 scheduled graduation establish the formal timetable for this training cycle.

For Warwick residents, the available information establishes that the department had a recruitment listing connected to the class and that the statewide session has now begun. It does not establish the size of Warwick’s recruiting class, whether Warwick candidates are enrolled, or any future staffing outcome for the department.

Next known date

The next date identified in the academy’s published schedule is Dec. 18, when the 147th session is scheduled to graduate. Any confirmation of Warwick hires or the number of Warwick-affiliated graduates would require additional department or academy records.