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Citizen Police Academy
The Joliet Police Department currently offers a twelve (12) week academy program that provides an excellent opportunity for citizens and community leaders to not only learn about law enforcement in general, but to also interact with Joliet police officers while gaining firsthand experience as to how our department operates.
The academy is held each winter beginning in February and ending in April. The academy sessions are three (3) hours in length and are offered once per week, on Monday’s, for twelve (12) weeks. The sessions are a mixture of lectures, PowerPoint presentations and practical exercises taught by qualified department personnel and qualified personnel from outside agencies. In addition, attendees are able to participate in a four (4) hour patrol ride-along after attending eight classroom sessions.
Some of the topics covered during the twelve weeks include overviews of; internal affairs investigations, criminal investigations, gang and narcotics investigations, use of force, crime prevention, evidence collection and much more.
We are not currently accepting applications for this session.
Any further inquiries about the department’s program can be directed to the program coordinator by e-mail or by telephone (815)724-3415.