Training for Law Enforcement Park Rangers
There are many websites offering online or distance study options
for park rangers. Don’t
waste your $$$$!
If you want to be a law enforcement park ranger, there are only nine
schools that offer the accredited training needed for an entry level
job as a law enforcement park ranger with the National Park Service.
None of these schools offers an online or distance study option.
State police academies do NOT meet the strict requirements of the
National Park Service.
The
Park Ranger Career Handbook
(updated July 2007) has a complete list of the nine schools offering
law enforcement training for National Park Service park rangers,
along with complete contact information for each school (name of
program manager, telephone, email, website, mailing address, etc.)
Career law enforcement rangers must complete a 4-month training
stint at the
Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center (FLETC)
in Glynco, GA.
