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Week 8 of the local citizen’s police academy covered Motor Vehicle Crashes and DWI. Have you ever heard of fatal vision goggles? I hadn’t until this class.  Here’s a description from fatalvision.com: The internationally popular hands-on prevention tool used to educate people … Continue reading →

The citizen’s police academy is winding down.  Week 7 (of 10) focused on motor vehicle law, traffic stops, and the mountain bike officers. Discussion focused on reasons people were pulled over. They included: Speed Defective equipment Crossing any solid lines … Continue reading →

I’m still on my high from last week’s academy and being out on the shooting range, but now we’re on the downhill side of the 10-week citizen’s police academy. Week 6 focused on Dispatch and Communications as well as Juvenile … Continue reading →

Here it is at the midpoint of the 10-week citizen’s police academy I’m attending and I’ve been looking forward to this particular night since the academy started. It’s hands-on evening with guns. I don’t mean pass ’em around the room … Continue reading →

Welcome to the Week 4 summary of a 10-week citizen’s police academy. I’m sharing some of the information I’m learning to show how great these (usually) free academies are for mystery writers. It’s a sure way to gather information and … Continue reading →

Week 3 of a local (to me) citizen’s police academy touched on a few topics: Major Crimes & Investigations, Search & Seizure, and Crime Scene Processing. We ran out of time for Interviews and Interrogations, but I hope it gets … Continue reading →

Week 2 of my local citizen’s police academy had one speaker – the department’s prosecutor. He focused, of course, on law. In particular, Laws of Arrest, and Constitutional Law. Although it can be tedious to read law books to get the … Continue reading →

Last week’s post talked briefly about the benefits mystery writer’s could glean from attending a citizen’s police academy. Now I’m going to share some of what I learned from the 1st week of the citizen’s academy I’m attending. After being … Continue reading →