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Citizens' Police Academy

The Cranford Police Department Citizens’Academy is a 25-hour block of instruction designed to give the public a working knowledge of the Cranford Police Department’s personnel and policies. It consists of 10 classes held once a week on Wednesday nights for 2 1/2 hours per session. The instruction is comprehensive, covering a different area of the police department each week. Certified police officers, supervisors and personnel with particular expertise in a particular division conduct each instructional block. There will also be guest instructors in certain areas.

 

Topics covered will consist of communications, training, traffic, criminal investigations, juvenile law, CPR/ first aid, DWI investigations and firearms and their use. Emphasis is placed on the patrol division because the patrol division is the segment that comes in contact with the public most, and all other areas of the department function and support unit to assist patrol or continue a process originated by the patrol division. Participants will also get hands on experience, by riding in a patrol car for a portion of the officers shift and spending a few hours at the pistol range.

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Who may attend? Any interested citizen who resides or works in the Township of Cranford is encouraged to apply. Applicants who are selected must be 21 years old on or before September 9, 2008. Applicants cannot have a felony conviction.

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For more info contact: Det/Lieutenant Robert Colaneri at 908-709-7358.         


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