Elk Grove PD Seeks Volunteers for Citizens' Academy

Applications now being accepted for Citizens’ Academy.

The Elk Grove Police Department is now accepting applications for the next Citizens’ Academy, which begins February 8, 2012. The Citizens’ Academy is a fifteen week program designed to inform and teach interested residents about the various aspects of municipal policing. The program covers procedures from patrol and investigations, forensics (C.S.I.), arrest and control techniques, 911 communications, code enforcement and animal control.

The Citizens’ Academy is free of charge and meets on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Elk Grove Police Department. Participants must be at least 18 years of age, live or work in Elk Grove and have no felony convictions (a background check will be completed on all applicants before entering the Citizens’ Academy).

For more information please contact Officer Dan Hampton at (916) 478-8123 or visit the Elk Grove Police Department website at www.elkgrovepd.org.