The Chapel Hill Police Department will begin hosting a Citizens Police Academy on Tuesday, April 6. The academy is a 10-week program designed to introduce participants to the inner workings of their police department. Meeting one night per week, Tuesdays from 6:30 to 9:30p.m., participants will receive information on topics including basic law-enforcement training, the criminal justice process, patrol operations, traffic enforcement, use of force, firearms, investigations, crisis unit, K-9 unit, gangs, community services and special emergency response
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