When no classes are in session, those wishing to use the gym and all equipment may do so at their own risk and in accordance with Academy guidelines. Gym shoes and appropriate clothing shall be worn at all times. No person shall use any Department fitness facility, unless a waiver form has been submitted. The Academy's primary mandate is recruit training. The recruit academy must take precedence over all other activity at the facility.
Recruits undergo weeks of strict paramilitary training.
Academy students and guests shall not engage recruits in unnecessary conversation nor subject them to any harassment. Speaking to a recruit may cause problems for the recruit. ALL personnel are forbidden from the area of the recruit academy living quarters. Any unwarranted damage to the facility or equipment or failure to return Academy property shall result in direct billing to the officer, with a copy to the officer's agency. The State Police Academy is located in a very rural area in central Massachusetts.