"The Academy", on Fox Reality Channel, has debuted and follows a class of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office recruits. As someone who runs a police academy, I have found this to be an interesting show to watch.

It certainly is a great recruitment tool for the L. A. County Sheriff's Office and I understand that they did not give up editorial control in the negotiations.

What do you think of the new show?

Thursday nights at 8:00 pm EST is the first run shows with repeats throughout Fox Reality Channel's schedule.

SUPERTROPPER if you live in tx it comes on at 900 pm on fox. its cool to watch

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good point, Baldo

I have been through the LASD Academy, been a trainer there and Love the show. I do like the fact that I can re-live my training while laying in bed and now my daughters can see a little bit of what we go through during our training. I was the first class Sgt. and was told I was being picked for that because of my military background so the others can see how to deal with the stress and they hit me hard and fast. So watching the new recruits get hammered is great.

As far as educating criminals on what we are trained on I hope the show will only touch on the training and not let it all out. But if you have ever worked in custody then you know they already know too much.

Great show, love it and hope it lasts.

The show brings back memories of my basic training days in the Air Force. I give it a "****" rating for trying to keep it real as possible.

I really enjoy this show a lot even though i have to watch all the repeats being a Correctional Officer i miss everything when i get home .

You are correct. Fox Reality Channel is a basic cable channel.

Yes, I've seen this show. It's "hard core". No-holds-bar. Although it is a nice and informative show for us all in LAW ENFORCEMENT, I would have to agree with Baldo on this one: it may be a bit too informative for the "criminal" of minds.

Its really not that bad. I have enjoyed watching it.

This show is my new favorite show. It's so cool, it's actually like being in the academy. I love how they stick with the one class, you get to learn all of the peoples personalities and stuff, its awesome.

Yeah, but they don't go into depth with their training. They show them hit the focus gloves a couple times, so what?

Great show. It's raw and gives insight as to what future recruits can expect in a police academy. I do also feel that the LASD academy screams and yells and gets into the faces of the recruits a little bit too much. No matter what anybody says, it does cause bad feelings between the recruit and the training officer. And by the way, what the heck is a "Ram Rod"

Love it~! Can not get enough of it~!