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Explore your interests and find a program that puts you on the path to a bright future. Tri-C offers both credit and non-credit courses as well as certificate programs in most career fields.

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More than 1,000 credit courses are offered each semester in more than 200 career and technical programs. Tri-C also grants short-term certificates, certificates of proficiency and post-degree professional certificates.

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Workforce Training & Professional Development

Tri-C's Workforce Training provides both non-credit and credit training for individuals and businesses to assist individuals with skills leading to employment. Tri-C's Corporate College provides professional development and corporate training opportunities.

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Since 1982, Tri-C's Public Safety division has provided the best in law enforcement and fire training in Northeast Ohio. The center provides basic training in the police, fire, private security, corrections and bailiff academies, as well as advanced training for local emergency response services.

Tri‑C’s academies train more emergency response professionals than any other academy in Ohio. The KeyBank Public Safety Training Center on the Western Campus, dedicated in June 2016, features specialized simulation areas for realistic, hands-on training.

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Tri-C launches program to fill dispatcher shortage

Read the Tri-C Times article on the First Responder's Memorial at the Public Safety Center

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For additional information including registration, please contact the Public Safety Training Center:

Basic Police Academy
216-987-3076

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216-987-4449

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216-987-5076

Fire Advanced Training
216-987-5429

Law Enforcement Advanced Training
216-987-3033

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216-987-3033

Captioning and Court Reporting
216-987-5113

Paralegal Studies
216-987-5113

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