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2015 Duluth Citizen Police Academy

The Duluth Police Department still has openings for the 2015 Duluth Citizen Police Academy.    Applications will be accepted through April 14th, 2015.   Applicants will be selected on a first come, first serve basis and the Duluth Police Department will conduct a background check prior to acceptance.

The Duluth Police Department's Citizens' Police Academy (CPA) is an informative learning process that provides an opportunity for citizens to receive 11 weeks of both classroom and field instruction regarding the various responsibilities facing our officers. CPA attendees are also made aware of the procedures and techniques used by officers in a variety of scenarios, together with the rationale and justification in support of those procedures or techniques. The academy has been offered in the spring to those who live and work in Duluth since 1997.

Class attendees receive information and instruction on such issues as use of force, narcotics enforcement, patrol operations, criminal investigations, death investigation, demonstrations by the K-9 Unit, and much more. All of this is enhanced by their opportunity to ride along with an officer. 

Through these academy classes we hope to foster a better understanding of police operations and how we serve our community. The 2015 Citizen Police Academy will begin Wednesday evening, April 15th (6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.) and run each Wednesday for 11 weeks. We ask that participants commit to attending most if not all of the sessions.

If you have any questions about the citizen police academy, please contact Investigator Mike Peterson at (218) 730-5040.