Youngsters who are interested in a career in law enforcement, or just in being law-abiding citizens can learn more at the Rockingham Police Department’s Junior Police Academy next month.
“We run this program every summer for youths from about 12 to 17 who may have a potential interest in law enforcement in any field. It doesn’t have to be as a police officer, it could be as an attorney or a judge or a counselor,” said Rockingham Police Chief Robert Voorhees.
The course will be held July 19-23.
The academy is offered to …

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 …

A ceremony was held Wednesday morning for a group of new officers who have graduated from the Allegheny County Police Academy.
The ceremony was held at 10 a.m. to graduate 57 new officers, including six Allegheny County police officers, four new Allegheny County sheriff deputies and one officer for the district attorney.
Nine others will now be working for police departments in Allegheny and Beaver Counties.
The other 37 graduates paid their way through the academy and will now be looking for a position with local police departments.
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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 …

The weekend melee at Abraxas Academy in which five residents attacked eight counselors was the first major incident at the treatment center for juvenile offenders in New Morgan since it reopened in October 2006, police said Monday.
Caernarvon Township Police Chief Paul R. Stolz Jr. said the melee Saturday also was the first in which officers had to remove juveniles from the facility since his department took over coverage of the borough from state police on April 1.
Information on calls before April 1 was not immediately available from state police. But …

Thirteen-year-old Martavies Blake can’t decide if he wants to be a lawyer or a police officer when he grows up. But this summer camp is helping him make up his mind.“It helps me know that if I want to be with the police I’ve got to be better and change my act,” he says. Rockford’s first Junior Police Academy is run by District 205’s school liaison officers, and aims to adjust aspirations and attitudes.“Hopefully it gives them …

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 …

For those of you with an interest in New careers, but wanting to do something different, then perhaps you should look to the police force for some unusual Career ideas. There are a wide selection of Careers available in the police force. There are of course the more obvious careers, such as being a police officer! Then there are lesser known Careers. There are also a wide variety of New careers open in the form of support roles. I am going to talk about just a few of the Careers …

Del Mar’s Peace Officer Cadet program graduated 11 students Friday.
The students are now eligible to take an exam that will allow them to work as a peace officer anywhere in the state of Texas.
In their training, the cadets focused on 33 subjects in the classroom, ranging from traffic laws, civil process, penal code, the criminal justice system and report writing to first aid, patrol procedures, human relations, and criminal investigations, according to a news release from the college.
Students also completed practical exercises, including weapons …