MLEA Notices

MLEA will be closed Nov. 25th-29th

Please note that MLEA will be closed for the week between November 25 – 29.

Coming to MLEA for a Professional Program course?

Professional Programs lodging rate increase Jan 1st, 2025 to $25.00

  • All check-ins on Monday mornings.
  • There are no after-hours staff available for room lockouts.
  • Lunch may be purchased for $10.00.
  • Full meal plan for Professional Programs at MLEA is $28.00 per day.
  • MLEA lodging is $20.00 per day when available. (Increases to $25.00 on Jan 1, 2025)

Please Note: Professional Programs Meal Changes

Beginning Jan 1, 2025- Meal Change for Professional Programs:

Lunches will no longer be provided by MLEA but may be purchased for $10.

Beginning August 1, 2024 -New Meal Rate Change:

Breakfast $8.00
Lunch $10.00
Dinner $10.00

Please Note: Early Check-in Change

MLEA no longer has early check-ins for rooms. All check-ins will now be on Monday mornings.

Please Note: Room Lockout Change

MLEA no longer has after-hours staff available for room lockouts.

Pre-Reservation and Named Hires for LEOB Courses

Pre-reservations open 9 months before each academy starts.

Pre-Reservation Process:

Nine months before each academy date your agency can email and request the number of slots you need for the corresponding LEOB. The pre-reservation will be open for a two-week period and will end at 5:00 pm on the 14th day after it is open.

Please contact Julie Adams at [email protected] with your requests.

Once you have made the requests you will be notified by email of confirmation to your requests.

You can find the future academy and pre-reservation dates on the MLEA Basic Programs Course Schedule:

Process for Named Hire

If you hire an individual prior to any of those dates and they are employed with your agency, contact us as soon as you hire them. They will be placed into one of the academies at that time.

You DO NOT have to wait for the pre-reservation opening dates. This means you will not be put on a wait list.

Our recommendation is if you hire someone and since you are required to inform POST within 10 business days of that hire, that you contact us as soon as you contact POST.

These steps will expedite your employee’s enrollment into one of the LEOB academies.

MLEA Basic Courses Price Increase (PSC-LEOB-CDOB)

For all basic courses that started on April 1, 2024, the weekly rate for housing and food started to increase.

The price increases happen in conjunction with the start of LEOB courses, however the price will be reflected in the PSC and CDOB course as well. These incremental price changes will ultimately bring the housing portion up to about $66 a week.

As prices for food increase almost every year, so does our food service contract. As that happens the weekly rate will adjust to account for this as well. The Price Increase Schedule below is only to account for the housing portion and will be adjusted upward if the food contract increases.

Why the increase?

  1. There has not been an increase in the basic cost in nearly 8 years.
  2. Costs have risen. The food contract increased $10 per person per week July 1,2023.
  3. The current cost is $125 per week for food and housing.
  4. $119 of that $125 goes to pay our food vendor.
  5. Housing maintenance costs are increasing.
  6. This only leaves us $6 to pay for housing, which is not enough. Surrounding states charge from about $20 a night to about $50 a night for housing.

Price Increase Schedule: (Approximate New Weekly Rates)

  • $135 April 1, 2024
  • $145 August 1, 2024
  • $155 February 1, 2025
  • $165 April 1, 2025
  • $175 August 1, 2025
  • $185 January 1, 2026

We apologize for the inconvenience these changes in practice and pricing may cause and hope by communicating this, the incremental price increases help with the planning of hiring processes and budgeting.

If you have any questions or concerns about these changes, please contact [email protected]

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