Students can stay at the academy host hotel, Tru by Hilton, for a standard room at a deeply discounted rate of $75.00 per night. Tax exemption will be honored for those agencies that qualify and provide proper documentation. Tru by Hilton offers each student access to Wi-Fi internet, cable TV, housekeeping services, and a fitness center. Room rates include a hot breakfast seven days a week.
Address: 519 Azalea Dr, Meridian, MS 39301 Phone: (601) 531-4100
Classroom time will be spent at the all-new state-of-the-art Meridian Community College Workforce Development training facility. The classroom space provides a quiet, clean, comfortable environment for students to listen to lectures, study, complete latent print comparisons, and take weekly exams. This facility offers new classrooms, computer labs, and a breakroom.
Address: 910 Highway 19 N., Meridian, MS 39307
During evidence processing classes, students will be in the RS&A headquarters laboratory in Collinsville, MS. The RS&A Collinsville lab offers students a chance to work in an operating forensic laboratory that is accredited to the ISO/IEC 17025 standards, where they will learn basic and advanced processing techniques and laboratory safety procedures.
Address: 9335 Highway 19 N., Collinsville, MS 39325
During moot court week, the students will testify in an actual courtroom. This unique opportunity gives students an experience they won't soon forget. RS&A puts on their defense attorney hat and cross-examines each witness as they give latent print testimony in a mock case.
GREAT LOCAL FOOD
City-owned, this example of Mississippi urban forestry features three lakes, nature trails, a jogging and walking track, biking, horseback riding trails and fishing. Admission is free and open year-round 7 a.m. until 10 p.m.
