Crime & Safety
Registration Open for Citizens Police Academy
What's it like to be a police officer? Pittsburgh Police are leading this program to show you.
How do police departments work? How is a crime scene processed? What are policemen doing when they're on patrol?
The Citizens Police Academy, sponsored by the Pittsburgh Police Department, aims to connect with citizens and teach them these things and more.
Held twice a year, the CPA is a 15-week course—a three-hour training session one evening a week—that highlights police training and exposes participants to the operations of the police bureau.
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The basics of criminal law, search and seizure, patrol tactics, firearms, the processing of a crime scene and many other subjects will be taught in a safe training environment. CPA participants will meet and talk with many of the street officers as well as the command staff and training staff that serves them.
Courses will be taught by law enforcement professionals who teach both veteran and recruit police officers.
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Class size is limited to 30 participants, and those interested should complete an application and give permission for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police to conduct a background check. The CPA application can be found at the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police website.
Applications should be returned by U.S. mail or hand-delivered to the Pittsburgh Police Training Academy by Aug. 19.
For more information, contact Sgt. Eric Kroll at Pittsburgh Police Training Academy, 1395 Washington Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, by phone at 412-665-3600, or by email at eric.kroll@pittsburghpa.gov.
This program is not an accredited certification course to become a sworn police officer.
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