Citizen Police Academy

Citizen's Police Academy

The Citizen's Police Academy (C.P.A.) is a program that is designed to give the Citizen's of Dickinson a deeper knowledge of their Police Department, and provides the Citizens and their Police Department a unique opportunity to interact together. The Dickinson C.P.A. began in 1999 and has enjoyed great success in bringing the Citizens of Dickinson and their Police Department closer together. Twelve class were held between 1999 and 2005. This includes the two Student Citizen's Police Academy held during the summer.

The C.P.A. teaching staff and speakers are comprised of Police Officers from the Dickinson Police Department such as the Chief of Police, Police Department Administration, Patrol Officers, and Detectives. Guest speakers from other Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Agencies also make appearances with insight in their specialized fields. The students of the C.P.A. are instructed on a variety of general topics form the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Penal Code Health and Safety Code, and Transportation Code. Instructors elaborate on these to specific topics such as Traffic Enforcement, Narcotics, Juvenile Law, DWI. Enforcement, SWAT, Building Searches and many others.

The C.P.A. program is 15 weeks in length, having one 4 hour class per week, on Thursday nights. The C.P.A. classes are limited to 25 students, all attending students have applied for membership and have been approved prior to each Academy. Their is no fee to the students of the C.P.A., all costs and materials are provided by the Dickinson Police Department.

Dickinson Citizen's Police Academy Alumni Association

Graduates of the C.P.A., or those that have completed 2/3 of the Academy are then qualified for membership in the Citizen's Police Academy Alumni Association (DCPAAA). The DCPAAA is an organization of alumni of the CPA.

The DCPAAA works closely with the Dickinson Police Department and the DPOA with community oriented projects and concerns. The DCPAAA meets once a month and are often involved in forming fund raisers and committees that have positive effects on the community.

Click here to view the DCPAAA brochure. (You will need Adobe Reader to view this file.) You may visit the DCPAAA web page at: www.dcpaaa.org.

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