I believe the most recent version of the R/I academy had close to 400 hrs of training. Mine was at 340 plus 24 hrs of firearms 7 yrs ago. One huge bone of contention is in order to be eligible for this bridge academy you have to have 4200 hrs of "experience" over the past 5 years. Each dept is different, especially mine where we can only do details, not patrol shifts. Detail time is specifically excluded. Unless something changes I will bet getting laid off essentially come July 1st. The towns in the western part of Mass are gonna take a huge hit, where many of them employ part time officers for regular shift coverage.