{"id":701,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/701","headline":"Amar'e Stoudemire graduates police academy, joins Miami-Dade schools force","dek":"The former Knicks star and newly inducted Hall of Famer will train as an officer with the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department.","body":"Amar'e Stoudemire has a new job title. The 43-year-old former New York Knicks star graduated Wednesday from the Miami-Dade Police Academy after months of rigorous training, and he will now join the county's school police department.\n\nStoudemire's basketball resume is well known: six-time NBA All-Star, 2003 Rookie of the Year, and a recently inducted Basketball Hall of Famer who played for some of the league's biggest franchises, including the Miami Heat. Miami Dade College marked the milestone on Instagram, noting he graduated with special recognition from the School of Justice Basic Law Enforcement Academy.\n\nHe will now train with the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department, trading highlight reels for a badge as he begins the next phase of his career in law enforcement. It is a significant shift for someone who spent so long in the spotlight of professional basketball, now taking on a role focused on safety within the county's school system.","published_at":"2026-10-15T23:35:54.461229+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Amar'e Stoudemire graduates from law enforcement academy, will train as an officer","url":"https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/50189623/amare-stoudemire-law-enforcement-academy-police"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Former Knicks star Amar’e Stoudemire graduates Florida police academy, becomes officer","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-knicks-star-amar-e-084142663.html"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Former Knicks star Amar’e Stoudemire becomes Miami police officer","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/15/sports/former-knicks-star-amare-stoudemire-becomes-miami-police-officer-its-something-i-always-wanted/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Amar'e Stoudemire graduates from Miami police academy, becomes an officer","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7692285/2026/10/15/amare-stoudemire-police-academy-graduation-nba/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Phoenix Suns legend Amar'e Stoudemire joins Miami Police Department","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/phoenix-suns-legend-amare-stoudemire-184707656.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Amar'e Stoudemire, Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer, graduates from Miami police academy","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article/amare-stoudemire-naismith-basketball-hall-of-famer-graduates-from-miami-police-academy-010606136.html"}],"image":null,"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}