Lynchburg Police Department Citizen's Police Academy

The Citizen's Police Academy is an exciting event that the Lynchburg Police Department hosts two times a year.  We do one in the Fall and one more in the Spring.  The C.P.A. meets once a week for two hours and learns some of what it is like to be a Police Officer and step in our shoes by attending some of the training we go through.  Some of the topics we discuss are:

The History of Police
Gang Issues
Domestic Security and Terrorism
Firearms and Tactical Operations
The Court System
Traffic Stops and Patrol Techniques
K-9
Defensive Tactics and F.A.T.S. ( Firearm Training Simulator)
Crime Prevention
Evidence and Forensics

The 17th Citizens Police Academy will begin in September 2005.