Full Notification

The Des Peres Department of Public Safety will again join Town and Country, Creve Coeur, Olivette and Frontenac Police Departments to present the Citizens Police Academy. The Academy will give citizens in our communities the opportunity to learn about law enforcement through practical training and exercises. The goal of the academy is to promote understanding between the residents and its police officers regarding their respective needs and problems. By promoting this relationship citizens and police can work together to make the entire community a safer place to live.

Topics covered in the Academy will include Constitutional and criminal law, the “use of force”, criminal investigations, traffic safety, pursuits, D.W.I. enforcement and much more. Participants will also have the opportunity to fire a department issued firearm under the close supervision of a Range Training Officer. Participants will also experience real life, role play scenarios.

The Citizens Police Academy will begin March 6th , 2012 from 7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.and continue to meet on Tuesdays for nine weeks with a graduation ceremony May 1st. The Academy is open to all residents, as well as non residents providing that space is available, who are 21 years of age or older. The Citizens Police Academy is free of charge.

For more information contact Community Service Officer Brandon Elzinga at 314-835-6286 or email at [email protected] .

If you wish to enroll online please go to our website at www.desperesmo.org and click on the Citizens Police Academy link on the Public Safety page.


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