The Marietta Police Department will offer free nine week program to give citizens the chance to experience what it's like to be a police officer when it hosts its Citizens' Police Academy this spring.
Participants will learn about department's operations, see demonstrations, participate in hands-on training given by department's officers and learn challenges police officers face on streets through role-playing scenarios and ride-alongs with officers during patrol shift.
Topics includes crime analysis, narcotics, special weapons and tactics (SWAT), crime interdiction unit, investigative services, traffic enforcement, community response unit and crime scene processing.
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The academy: open to public pending background check. Applications are available at front desk of Marietta Police Department must be submitted by March 1
