Citizen Police Academy
The Goodyear Police Department invites you to
participate
The Citizen Police Academy is a revolutionary concept in law
enforcement and community relations. The curriculum and teaching methods are
similar to the traditional police academy, but its students are not potential
police officers. They are bankers, attorneys, city council members, judges,
business owners, homemakers, media representatives, and neighborhood watchers,
as well as Volunteers in Police Services (VIPS).
Purpose of the Academy
The purpose of the Citizen Police Academy is to facilitate a
better understanding, through education, between citizens and police. The
academy is creating a growing nucleus of responsible, well-informed citizens
with the potential of influencing public opinion regarding police practices and
services. For these reasons, much time and energy has been devoted to
developing an informative overview of the fundamentals of police affairs. During
the 12-week course, students meet once a week for three hours. Course topics
include virtually every aspect of police work, and are taught by both
management and non-management representatives of the department.
Although graduates of the academy will not be ready for
street patrol, they will be familiar with operations of the Goodyear Police
Department, and will have gained a deeper understanding of the problems
encountered by Goodyear police officers. Graduates will also have completed, on
a voluntary basis, an 8-hour tour of duty with a patrol officer.
The 12-week course begins on Thursday,
October 1, 2009 and runs through Tuesday, December 15,
2009. After the first week the class will be held every Tuesday night
from 6:00-9:00 PM.
Applications
may be submitted online or downloaded and filled out
manually. However, applications are only taken during the
specified enrollment period. Deadline to submit your application is Wednesday,
September 30, 2009.
View/download the Citizen Police Academy
Brochure.
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Last Updated: 8/11/2009