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Citizen’s Police Academy

The Ada Police Department will present a Citizen’s Police Academy this spring beginning April 5th and will run for 4 weeks from 7:00pm to 9:00pm on each Thursday. Classes will be held at the Ada Depot with several field trips planned. At the conclusion of the academy classes participants will be given the opportunity to earn their Concealed Carry Permit at a reduced cost, to be held on Saturday, May 5th and 12th from 9:00am to 3:00pm each day. The Concealed Carry classes are optional for class participants and are presented separately by Northwest Ohio CCW.

The Citizen’s Police Academy will focus on many aspects of policing and give our students a broad perspective of the law enforcement profession. Some of the topics that we will cover include Community Policing, Laws of Arrests, Police Communications, Firearms, Drug Task Force Operations, Special Response Team Operations, Court Procedures and Patrol Tactics. It is our goal to provide this insight and equip our residents and participants to be better prepared to assist local law enforcement as we all work to keep Ada a safer community.

The cost of the Citizen’s Police Academy is $16.00 which includes a Citizen’s Police Academy polo shirt. The cost of the Concealed Carry class is $50.00, a reduced rate available to our academy students only. All applicants will be required to fill out an application before admittance and must pass a background check meeting all qualifications for the Concealed Carry Permit. Applications for the Citizen’s Police Academy may be picked up at the Ada Police Department.

Deadline for applications is March 30, 2012.