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This program is open to anyone that lives OR works in the city of The Colony who is 18 years old or older.
The Citizen Police Academy is a 30 hour block of instruction designed to give the public a working knowledge of The Colony Police Department. It consists of a series of 12 classes(13 weeks all together including graduation), held once a week on Thursdays for 2 1/2 hours from 7:00pm to 9:30pm. The instruction is comprehensive and each week covers a different area of the police department. Police officers assigned to work in a particular area will provide instruction.
Topic such as recruitment, training, communications, criminal investigations and narcotics are covered. We place particular emphasis on patrol, the division that the public is most often in contact with. Instruction is given by police personnel and consists of lectures, demonstrations and real-life scenarios. There is a tour of the police station and, as part of a firearm safety class, use of the gun range.
The slogan of the Citizen Police Academy is "Understanding Through Education". The goal is to provide the citizens who attend enough information to dispel suspicions and misconceptions, and to increase rapport through the education process. In turn, the public helps make the officers more aware of feelings and concerns within the community. Lastly, the students personally meet and talk with officers and the officers interact with all community groups represented.
We hope the graduates of the Citizen Police Academy take their new knowledge out into the community and educate others when the opportunity arises. These citizens will make decisions that affect the police department and our local community with heightened awareness and better information. The Colony Citizen's Police Academy started in 1994 and the academy that will start February 16, 2011 is academy class #28.
You can apply online or if you do not have access to the Internet, you can pick up an application at The Colony Police Department.
Now accepting applications for the next Academy
Next Academy starts February 16, 2011
For more information contact Officer Keli Hunt 972-625-8273.
Congratulations to recent graduates of academy #27 |
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