The academy provides an opportunity for individuals to gain a better understanding of department operations and issues and topics effecting modern day policing.
The 12-week course visits various city locations and allows participants to communicate with department heads for a better understanding of their day-to-day activities.
The end of the nine-week Citizens Police Academy course at the police station was greeted with a chorus of "nooos" as interim Police Chief Mark Bailey informed that their time together was over.