Thirty-six new police officers graduated from the Boylston Police Academy during a ceremony held on June 20, 2025, at Doherty Memorial High School in Worcester, according to the Municipal Police Training Committee (MPTC).
The officers completed more than 20 weeks of standardized law enforcement instruction and will now serve in 22 police departments and agencies across Massachusetts. According to MPTC, departments represented include Ashburnham, Berlin, Billerica, Bunker Hill Community College, Douglas, Franklin, Hopkinton, Lancaster, Littleton, Marlborough, Millbury, Montague, Princeton, Shrewsbury, Stoneham, Stoughton, Sudbury, Tewksbury, Ware, Westford, Westwood, and Wilmington.
MPTC reports that the academy’s Recruit Officer Course includes over 800 hours of training focused on topics such as patrol duties, officer safety, mental health response, and trauma-informed practices. The curriculum also reflects requirements from the 2020 police reform law, including updated use-of-force policies and de-escalation techniques.
Graduates are now eligible to seek certification from the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission.
The MPTC, a division of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, is responsible for overseeing standardized police training across Massachusetts through a network of regional and authorized academies.
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