🚨 We’ve Moved! 🚨

Same great campus. Same mission. Different building.

The Mineral Area College Law Enforcement Academy is now located inside the Industry & Technology Center. We’re excited to welcome our incoming recruits, criminal justice students, and continuing education students to our new location as we continue to grow and expand our program.

The Industry & Technology Center (ITC) is located on the MAC campus in Park Hills. Once you enter through the main entrance, you’ll find the ITC on the right, directly across from the dorms. Visit MACLEA's main office in ITC room 530.

2025 Training Contracts

Training contracts are returning for 2025!

• Basic Contract $200.00 per officer

Courses covered under Basic Contract Training are any MACLEA-based courses excluding Instructor Development Courses and any course marked as not covered under the contract.

• Advanced Contract $250.00 per officer

Courses covered under Advanced Contract Training are all MACLEA-based courses, excluding any course marked as not covered under the contract.

• Agency Contract

If the agency contracts its entire department, the cost is $200 per officer and each officer will have the Advanced Contract coverage.

For more information and a full list of contract courses, download the 2025 Training Contract below. If you have any questions, please call 573-518-2148 or email lea@mineralarea.edu.

2025 Training Contract.pdf

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Introducing our New Staff

MACLEA welcomes aboard new staff members!

Jim Weber

Jim Weber is an Instructor with Mineral Area College, Criminal Justice Department and the Law Enforcement Academy. Jim earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice at Southeast Missouri State University and is currently working toward his Master's in Criminal Justice.

Jim is a retired Special Agent with 22 years of experience working for the United States Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations. Prior to becoming a Special Agent with the Department of Homeland Security, Jim was a special agent with the United States Customs Service and a graduate of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Academy in Glynco, Georgia. He has extensive investigative experience in international narcotics smuggling and trafficking, money laundering, criminal gang activity, national security and domestic and international terrorism. Jim was a Certified Undercover Operative with the Department of Homeland Security and has substantial experience in undercover investigations. Jim had lengthy assignments to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Joint Terrorism Task Force, as well as their Violent Crime Safe Streets Task Force. With local, state and federal experience, Jim has 30 years overall law enforcement and investigative experience.

Jim joined MACLEA in 2022 as a full-time instructor for our criminal justice and academy students. Prior to that, he was an adjunct instructor with the MAC law enforcement academy.

Jason Fitzwater

Jason has been an adjunct instructor for MACLEA since 2006 but was hired as a full-time academy instructor in January 2023.

Jason Fitzwater – is a 2001 graduate of the law enforcement academy in Bradenton, Florida. Jason began his career with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office as a patrol deputy, FTO, Homicide Detective, and SWAT team member. Jason became a firearms instructor in 2006, and spent twelve years of his career in Florida. In 2012, Jason moved back home to Missouri where he worked for the Fredericktown Police Department. While at Fredericktown Jason worked as a patrol officer, FTO, Detective, Patrol Sergeant, and formed the agency's SWAT team. Jason has been an adjunct instructor at Mineral Area College since 2013 specializing in patrol tactics, and firearms. In 2018, Jason started his own company and has traveled all over North America training thousands of law enforcement officers in counter ambush, firearms, and active shooter courses. Jason retired as a Chief of Police in 2020.