Citizens Police Academy
WHAT IS IT?
The Waxahachie Police Department Citizen Police Academy is a 30-hour block of instruction. It’s designed to give the public a working knowledge of the Waxahachie Police Department's personnel and policies. The class will meet each week on Thursday Night from 6pm to 9pm at a location to be announced. The instruction is comprehensive, covering a different area of the police work each week. Officers, supervisors and personnel assigned to that particular division conduct each instructional block.
WHO MAY ATTEND?
The class is made of a cross section of the Waxahachie community. Doctors, architects, homemakers, laborers, students, secretaries, salespersons and others are encouraged to apply for admission. The minimum age for enrollment is 21 and you must live or work in the City of Waxahachie to be eligible to attend. The class is limited to the first 15 eligible people.
THE PURPOSE
The Waxahachie CPA was created in order to provide information to the citizens on the inner workings of the police department. It is further hoped that the instruction will increase police awareness whereas to dispel suspicions and misconceptions and to increase police/community rapport through this education process. The department, in turn, becomes more aware of the feelings and concerns of the community from the participant's interaction and input. It is, indeed, a two-way learning experience. Upon completion of course participants will be eligible to join CITIZENS ON PATROL.
TOPICS
The Waxahachie CPA covers such diverse topics as training, communications, criminal investigations, crime scene search, crime prevention programs, firearms, patrol procedures, and many additional topics. Instruction in these and other topics will consist of lectures, demonstrations, tours and hands-on training.
COST
This is a community service program of the Waxahachie Police Department's Community Service Division. There is no charge or cost related to this program.
