Did you ever wonder what is behind a gang investigation, or what it means when another officer shows up at a traffic stop?
Did you ever want a chance to fire a police weapon?
Now you can.
The Dodge City Police Department will offer a Citizens Police Academy starting Sept. 14, and it’s free and open to the public.
At one point, the police department offered the class 10 years in a row but then discontinued it for a few years because of budgetary problems, said Lt. Traci Rankin, who oversees …

Every so often, you hear a gripe about a police officer.
Sometimes it’s about an officer’s driving. Sometimes it’s an attitude during a stop. Sometimes, it’s unfair. Sometimes, it’s warranted.

Even those in uniform will tell you, it happens. For whatever reason, we all have a bad day at some point.
Here’s a note I got sometime back from Walt, of Yukon, who gives his insight:
“I am a member of the Yukon Citizens Police Academy and I have a son that is a police officer in another state. Both have given …

The Goodyear Police Department is holding a Teen Citizen Police Academy next month that will show youths how a police department works.
The program targets those interested in a career in law enforcement but is open to any teenager. The two-week program will expose teen to public safety, including the medical and legal aspects, police said. They also will complete cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and earn their certification.
Teens will learn about the Police Department, including crime scene investigations, SWAT, and the motorcycle, detective and K-9 units.
The academy will meet at Estrella Mountain …

DEMOPOLIS — The first-ever Citizens Police Academy session got under way on Thursday at the Demopolis Police Department.
The eight-week program is supervised by police chief Tommie Reese and is geared towards showing the public how the police department works and other information about police work.
In the first session, the 14 participants were greeted with an introduction to the course by Reese and Demopolis mayor Mike Grayson.
DPD training officer Bobby Howerton then introduced Sgt. Monica Oliver, who reviewed the history of the Demopolis Police Department with a PowerPoint presentation.
Howerton then reviewed …

Mayor Larry Morrissey and Police Chief Epperson will be the keynote speakers at the ceremony. Graduates and their guests will also have an opportunity to observe the K-9 and Bomb Squad robot demonstrations.
For the past eight weeks, these seventeen citizens from the Rockford area have spent two hours each Wednesday afternoon attending training sessions focused on educating citizens on the value of engagement in the public safety process. The citizens have learned about police related topics including Patrol and Investigative Services Bureau operations, 911 Center operations and the Mayors vision …

11-week Citizen Police Academy (CPA)
BACKGROUND
Introduced in March of 1994, the CPA graduated its first class of 41 members in June, 1994 (Class 94-01). As of December, 2009, there have been over 3000 graduates of the CPA program.
Due to such enthusiastic citizen response and interest, CPA classes are offered four times a year, with classes starting in January, April, July and September. Class size is limited to 40 persons. Admission to CPA is open to any San Antonio resident 18 or over, and all applicants are required to pass a thorough …

The Gender Responsive Policing (GRP) project in collaboration with National Police Bureau is organising a training programme for police officers commencing on tomorrow (Monday) at National Police Academy, Islamabad.
Mid-career police officers and those performing their duties as trainers have been selected from across the country for this programme.
This training is expected to help the police officers in dealing with women victims with sensitivity and respect, which would help in reducing gender, based violence in the country.
A senior police officer said that the …

Twenty local police officers had their hands full Friday night with six very intoxicated people – all so they know how to spot drunk drivers.
Newport News police held police academy DUI training. Volunteers attended what appeared to be a typical office party – with finger foods, music, and lots of alcohol.
The 20 Newport News police recruits waited in the room next door, about to begin their police academy DUI training.
Six people volunteered to be picked up from home and taken to the academy to drink. …

Ever wonder how police officers and detectives process crime scenes and collect forensic evidence, or do ask yourself what prompts traffic stops?
Enrollees in the Pataskala Citizens Police Academy learn about those sorts of commonplace police procedures.
The Pataskala Police Department and members of the Pataskala Police Academy Alumni Association, a nonprofit group of previous academy graduates, is announcing plans to offer an academy, likely in the summer.
PCPAAA member J. Scott Smith enrolled in the first academy in 2006, and he appreciated the insight into the police department it provided him.
“Most of …

In an effort to increase the community involvement with the Fayetteville Police Department and offer insight into the services it provides, the department will be hosting the fourth annual Citizens Police Academy at the Fayetteville Police Department. The purpose of the academy is to foster better communication between citizens and police through education.
The Citizens Police Academy will consist of two-hour classes held each week on Thursday nights from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., for 12 weeks. This instruction is comprehensive, covering a different area of the Police Department each week.
The …