Lake Forest Police Department Seeks Applicants for Citizens Police Academy

From the Lake Forest Police Department

On Wednesday, March 4, the Lake Forest Police Department will start the next session of its Citizens Police Academy.

Our program is designed to promote and enhance citizen understanding and awareness of the role of the Lake Forest Police Department within our community. The objective of the course is not to prepare graduates to become police officers, but instead to instill in citizens a greater general knowledge of the many functions of the police in our community.

More than 20 topics are covered in the class including the hiring and training of officers, patrol operations, DUI and traffic enforcement, administration of the department, investigations and youth, crime prevention and much more. In addition, students have the option of riding with an officer on patrol and firing department issued handguns and rifles in our indoor range.

The course is ten weeks long and is held on Wednesdays from 7-10 p.m.

Applications are available at the Lake Forest Police Department and on-line at the LFPD website at http://www.cityoflakeforest.com/assets/1/7/CPA_Application1.pdf.

Please contact Detective Brett Marquette at MarquetB@cityoflakeforest.com or Commander Michael Lange at langem@cityoflakeforest.com with any questions.