Our Citizen's Police Academy (C.P.A.) is held twice a year, once in the Fall and once in the Spring.  It is open to any citizen who is 18 years of age.  The class is held eleven consecutive weeks on Thursday nights.  If you are interested in applying you may do so in person or by email.

Among other topics, students in the C.P.A. get to experience live fire at the range.  Each student receives one on one instruction in safety and is walked through the course.  All activities in the C.P.A. are strictly on a volunteer basis.  In the picture below, Captain Steve Balentine is instructing C.P.A. student Guy Remington on safety.  

Citizen's Police Academy Alumni Association

After the first CPA class graduated the members of that class organized an "Alumni Association" to continue their involvement with the police department.  The Alumni have joined the Volunteers In Police Service (V.I.P.S.) program under the Department of Justice and work to serve the community through the police department.  The Alumni have been able to volunteer in areas that enable the police department to free officers to focus on more important tasks.  The Alumni serve as ambassadors for the department and assist with crowd control and public safety at the Downtown After Dinner and other events.

How to apply to the C.P.A.

For more information and an application, please contact Officer Travis Counts.

Email:  Travis Counts 

Telephone: (270) 444-8548