PERU, IN- Peru Police Officer Tyler Shoffner graduated Friday from the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy after 15 weeks of training. The basic training course for new police officers consists of over 600 hours of training. Major areas of instruction include criminal and traffic law, firearms, emergency vehicle operations, physical tactics, EMS awareness and human behavior. Officers are also required to study other police related subjects such as accident investigation, criminal investigation, domestic violence and sexual assault, water rescue training, Standardized Field Sobriety Test, crime prevention and drug and narcotics. Officer Shoffner will begin working in the Patrol Division on Wednesday.