Sounds like this might be a police certification class from Pennsylvania perhaps?
They won't hire her laterally into MD without 1. experience and 2. a MD compliance course.
All police training in MD is sponsored by an agency. When you graduate, you are working for that agency who hired you.
I think in MD at Anne Arundel Community college they have an "Academy" that certifies graduates to apply for lateral to the Sheriff Dept.
Incorrect sir,
I was (in lieu of getting picked up by an Agency) planning on taking the accredited course offered via PGCC. Paid for by the US Post-9/11 GI Bill. However you can also pay out of pocket. Typically, it is a sponsored academy, but they do allow individual applicants. Upon completion you don't get a job, but you are MPTC certified