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Alas, the time has come. (I don’t use “alas” very often, so am taking advantage of this opportunity.) Citizen’s police academy has come to an end. The 10 weeks flew by, and I gained a lot of great insight and … Continue reading →

Ah, wonderful Week 9 of citizen’s police academy. I and my fellow students got to learn about drugs and many items related to drugs. There was a lot of show-and-tell of confiscated items. Such as the digital scale to measure … Continue reading →

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 →