Crime & Safety

Palm Springs PD Looking for a Few Good Men, Women

The free 13-week Citizens' Police Academy will teach participants on police procedures, crime scene investigations, community policing and more.

Posted by Alexander Nguyen

Applications are being accepted for the Palm Springs Police Department's next Citizens' Police Academy, a police spokesman said today.

The free 13-week program starts Sept. 11. Participants discuss patrol procedures, traffic and crime scene investigations, K-9, SWAT, community policing, narcotics and other topics, and can go on a ride-along with a patrol officer, Palm Springs police Sgt. Harvey Reed said.

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The police department has offered the program for 20 years, he said.

Meetings are held 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursdays at the police training center, 200 S. Civic Drive.

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Applicants must be 18 years old and have no felony convictions. Applications are posted at www.pspd.com.

For questions and reservations, email arnold.galvan@palmspringsca.gov or call records manager Dora Melanson at (760) 323-8109.

— City News Service


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