All police officers are required to complete a State certified Police Academy. After graduating from the Police Academy new officers are then required to complete a three month in-service field training program. The field training program includes training on each of the three campuses (Boston, Grafton and Medford/Somerville) during which time they are evaluated on a regular basis by each of the training officers to whom they are assigned.

All officers are required to complete a minimum of 40 hours of in-service training on an annual basis.