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Learning online: Internet educational opportunities have opened new doors for many officers.
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Law Enforcement Technology
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May 1, 2006
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Remember those matchbook covers that offered "draw-me" scholarship contests? The "winner" then got to pay for art lessons from a correspondence school.
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Distance education has come a long way since then. In the last decade, it has become a rapidly expanding way for many people to earn legitimate college degrees.
Distance learning works especially well for law enforcement professionals, whose schedules can be unpredictable and involve unanticipated overtime.
Just as officers often sacrifice attending important family events because of their work schedules, many have been restricted in their ability to attend traditional college courses, ...
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