Crime & Safety
Lower Southampton Police To Host Civilian Academy
Participants will learn about how the police department operates and have a chance to do a ride-along with its patrol division.
LOWER SOUTHAMPTON, PA — The Lower Southampton Township Police Department will be hosting a program designed to teach residents about how the department works.
The department's 18th Civilian Police Academy begins Wednesday, Oct. 3, from 7-9 p.m., and will run for eight weeks.
Police say the weekly classes will "provide the residents of the township with an understanding of the police department's operations, its policies, provide an insight into the department's operations and to meet the department's personnel."
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Participants also will be given the chance to participate in a ride-along program with the department's patrol division during the program. Topics that will be covered include:
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- Introduction/Police Department History
- Patrol Practices
- Accident Investigation/Traffic Safety
- Criminal Investigations
- Pennsylvania Courts
- Special Operations
- Use of Force
- Support Services
Anyone interested is asked to complete the application at this link and submit it by emailing it to Cpl. Sean Dougherty at sdougherty@lstwp.org, faxing it to 215-357-1943, dropping it off at the police department or mailing it to the Lower Southampton Township Police, 1500 Desire Ave. Feasterville Pa. 19053.
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