Citizen's Police Academy
Citizen's Police Academy is a program designed to acquaint individuals who are not sworn police officers with the activities of their local police department.
The programs vary by department. One common feature is the option to participate in a ride-along with a police officer for a shift to see what a day as a police officer is like.
Typical academy content
Programs include topics like:
- Department Organization and Ethics
- Overview of the Legal System - Criminal/Constitutional Law
- Use of Force - Patrol Procedures
- Firearms Training
- SWAT Demonstrations
- K-9 Demonstrations
- Air Support
- Homicide
- Traffic/DWI Enforcement
- Jail tours
- Cadet Training
- Bomb Squad
- Forensics
- Recruiting
- Domestic Violence
External links
- Austin Texas Citizen Police Academy
- Spark's Citizen's Police Academy
- Livermore Citizen's Police Academy
- LVMPD Citizen's Police Academy
- Calgary Citizen's Police Academy
- New York City
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