Originally named the Lake Suburban Public Safety Training Council, Inc., the organization’s inception was in response to a legislative mandate that all police officers in Indiana have a minimum of sixteen (16) hours of in-service training to maintain certification as law enforcement officers.

Public Safety Training Council

The four charter member agencies of the Public Safety Training Council were:

  • Highland
  • Schererville
  • Crown Point
  • St. John

Over the Following Decades

Membership grew to as many as over sixty-four (64) police departments covering a twelve (12) county radius. The name of the organization also changed, and by 1990 it was known as the Northern Indiana Law Enforcement Training Center (NILETC).

When the LETB authorized  NILETC to deliver basic recruit training, it was renamed to the Northern Indiana Law Enforcement Academy (NILEA).  Today, NILEA provides in-service training programs to over twenty-five hundred (2,500) police officers, offering in-service training classes and two sixteen (16) week basic recruit academy classes annually.

Course Schedule

26-002 STOPS Instructor

Dates: 9/28/2026 through 9/30/2026 at 4:00 PM
Course ID: 26-002
Location: NILEA 4500 Montdale Drive Valparaiso, IN 46383
Cost (Member): $625.00 Cost (Non-Member): $625.00

26-004 Street Level Narcotics Investigations

Dates: 9/24/2026 through 9/25/2026 at 4:00 PM
Course ID: 26-004
Location: NILEA 4500 Montdale Drive Valparaiso, IN 46383
Cost (Member): $500.00 Cost (Non-Member): $500.00

26-003 Tactical Criminal Interdiction

Dates: 8/13/2026 through 8/14/2026 at 4:00 PM
Course ID: 26-003
Location: NILEA 4500 Montdale Drive Valparaiso, IN 46383
Cost (Member): $500.00 Cost (Non-Member): $500.00

26-005 Beyond the Badge- Law Enforcement Responses in the Autism Community

Dates: 3/20/2026 through 3/20/2026 at 4:00 PM
Course ID: 26-005
Location: NILEA 4500 Montdale Drive Valparaiso, IN 46383
Cost (Member): $250.00 Cost (Non-Member): $250.00

26-001 Field Search Software Certification

Dates: 2/17/2026 through 2/17/2026 at 3:30 PM
Course ID: 26-001
Location: 4500 Montdale Drive Valparaiso, IN 46383
Cost (Member): $495.00 Cost (Non-Member): $495.00