The Quincy Police Department is filling the spring 2010 class of the Citizen Police Academy.
The 10-week course on Thursday evenings from 6 to 9 starts Feb. 18 and goes until April 22. There is a graduation banquet held at the completion of the academy.
Citizens will get to know their police department and participate in classroom instruction as well as hands-on practicals. This course is free of charge and will provide citizens with a basic knowledge of all aspects of the police profession.
To be eligible for the course, applicants must live …

Class 27 of the Frisco Citizen’s Police Academy will begin Feb. 11.  The program is currently accepting applications and urges interested people to apply as soon as possible, as they receive more applications than there are available seats each year.
The Frisco Citizen’s Police Academy (CPA) educates citizens who live or work in Frisco about the police department and its divisions and practices.
Participants of the CPA program get first-hand exposure to the police department, its personnel and equipment, and are able to put themselves in officers’ shoes each Thursday night class …

A police career is a challenging and sometimes dangerous choice. It is not just writing out tickets or making traffic stops. Police departments are part of the city and state governments. The main responsibility for police is to keep order.
Depending on the country, the names for police are different. When attending school for a police career, there are many courses that must be taken. Proper training is essential in order to survive. A police officer must maintain the law and order by enforcing the laws of society. Federal, State, …

Police officers face many dangers in their jobs. Police officers are constantly being faced with the unknown and the unpredictable. They never truly know the outcome of any situation they enter into. This can make policing a dangerous profession. Dangers faced by police include death, increased risk of infectious diseases, and serious and minor trauma, both physical and emotional. These dangers are encountered in many different situations i.e. apprehension/arrest and investigation of criminals, conducting vehicle stops, investigating people and crimes, protecting the public from dangerous situations or individuals, investigating …