Crime & Safety

Takoma Park Graduates Citizens' Police Academy

A second course is coming in September.

Takoma Park Police Department graduated its inaugural Citizens' Police Academy Jan. 31, according to a Gazette story.

Twenty resdients went through a 10-week long modified police training course, according to the Gazette story, that showed residents the day-to-day lives of Takoma Park Police officers.

Because of the program's success, a second course is scheduled to start in September, according to the story.

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