The initiative was sparked by the Police Department's acquisition of bike helmets as part of a Municipal Road Safety Grant, according to Police Chief Mark Bailey.
Officers Nicholas Lillie, Steven Wandrei, Nannette Reid and Elizabeth Zipp joined the force as full-time officers; Lillie and Wandrei recently graduated from the Police Academy.
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.
Mayor Jennifer Macksey told the City Council on Tuesday that the renovations at the former juvenile are "about 95 percent complete" and that the furniture will be arriving this week.