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Skiprr wrote:

Venus Pax wrote:That sounds like so much fun. I'll check out Harris County Sheriff's Office website & see if we county people have any access to something like that.

Venus: the Harris County's Sheriff's Department does have a citizens police academy. I learned of it last year, but was too late to attempt to register. My understanding is few slots for a lot of applicants. It's just about the time of year I think we should be looking to apply.

If I remember correctly, there is no specific info on their website. I think it deserves a phone call...which I'll do on Monday and post the info here (unless you beat me to it). One important thing I need to ask them is if there is a maximum age limit. Sigh. I never thought I'd get to that point, but someday you will, too!

txinvestigator wrote:Citizen Police Academies are alive and well in Texas. My Department started doing it in the late '80s.

The first one they did was for the media.

Hopefully you will do some shoot/don't shoot training, and some disturbances and other calls where police play the part of the people on the scene, and you get to deal with them as the cop.

FUN, FUN!