There are still openings available in the West Chester Township Citizen Police Academy’s fall program.
The 10-week session begins Sept. 15 and is open to adults 21 years or older who live or work in the township. Classes meet from 6-9 p.m., Wednesdays, at the police department, 9577 Beckett Road, Suite 500.
Officers teach the classes. Topics include patrol operations, criminal investigations, special operations, evidence handling/processing, criminal law, courtroom procedure, jail operations and traffic investigations.
Participants will visit the shooting range, township jail, and forensics lab …

As the Huntington Police Department is preparing to graduate its first black police officer in 16 years, department leaders hope new initiatives will help the next minority hiring happen much sooner.
Police Chief Skip Holbrook talked about the hiring and the agency’s recruitment efforts Aug. 7 at a statewide gathering of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Branches from across the state met at Huntington’s First Baptist Church.
Holbrook told the NAACP that various groups, such as the city’s Black Pastors’ Ministerial Association, …

When an FTO’s lessons and academy instruction are at odds on matters like pat/frisk searchs, the officers involved and the agency iteslf could be culpable
Recruit officer Michaels has just graduated from the police academy. He leaves the police station his first night on patrol with Field Training Officer Jones eager and excited to begin his new journey. Along the route to their beat, FTO Jones tells Recruit Michaels that he is expected, as standard procedure, to pat/frisk search everyone he stops or …

Those interested in taking a closer look at the daily lives of Sierra Vista’s finest will have the chance thanks to an upcoming 12-week course taught by officers and department staff themselves.
The Sierra Vista Citizen’s Police Academy will give about two dozen community members the opportunity to learn about police investigative techniques, firearms scenarios, the use of force and much more during its annual class, said Molly Schmitt, recruiter and volunteer coordinator for the Sierra Vista Police Department.
Started in 1998, the academy is designed to “develop citizens’ awareness and understanding …

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 …

The City of Mountlake Terrace Police Department is hosting the Police Citizens Academy on Wednesday nights from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Mountlake Terrace Library, 23300 58th Avenue West. The 12-week program begins April 14 and runs through June 30 concluding with a graduation reception for all participants and their families. The deadline to apply for the Police Citizens Academy is 5 p.m. March 12. Space is limited to the first 30 people accepted, so prompt registration is recommended.
Training sessions include information and demonstrations by K-9, SWAT, Narcotics, Records, …

The Clinton Township Police Department will hold an “Adult Police Academy” open to all county residents beginning Monday, March 29.
Topics to be covered include:
• Monday, March 29 — an overview of the criminal justice system
• Tuesday, April 6 — motor vehicle stops
• Tuesday, April 13 — driving while intoxicated enforcement education
• Tuesday, April 20 — sex crimes investigation and Megan’s Law update
• Tuesday, April 27 — cybercrimes
• Tuesday, May 4 — laser/radar instruction.
Classes are interactive and will contain a question and answer session.
Participants will also learn to use applicable …

County officials today announced a plan to close the Burlington County Police Academy after the current class graduates next month, citing dwindling enrollment that does not justify the cost of the $377,000 program continuing.
The class scheduled to started March 15 has been cancelled and all operations thereafter will cease, said county Freeholder Director Bruce Garganio and county Prosecutor Robert D. Bernardi this morning.
Bernardi presented the plan to the freeholder board in its closed-session conference meeting Wednesday night. The board …

They’re known as the class that almost wasn’t. At least that’s how it seemed for the week Mayor Michael Bloomberg deferred hiring the latest batch of New York City Police Department recruits because of uncertainty about funding. But by mid-June, 275 men and women were hitting the policy academy gym as well as the books.
Each of them had their reasons. Some saw things growing up in the city that didn’t sit well with them.
“When I used to walk around, you used to see a lot of crack vials on the …

The city’s newest police recruits are members of the most diverse class in NYPD history, and also one of the smallest due to the city’s budget crisis. NY1’s Lily Jamali filed the following report.
They’re known as the class that almost wasn’t. At least that’s how it seemed for the week Mayor Michael Bloomberg deferred hiring the latest batch of New York City Police Department recruits because of uncertainty about funding. But by mid-June, 275 men and women were hitting the policy academy gym as well as the books.
Each of them …