UW faculty, staff and students interested in learning more about the UW Police Department are invited to apply for the UW Police Citizens’ Academy.
The Citizens’ Academy is a free, 10-week course that will cover such matters as community and police relationships, arrest and search-seizure, defensive tactics, lethal weapons, high speed chases, high risk stops, shoot-don’t shoot decisions, community oriented policing and K-9 patrol dogs. Classes will meet from 3 to 5 p.m. every Wednesday from April 5 to June 7 in 203 Fishery Science Building.
Anyone interested in the program should e-mail the crime prevention officers, stewart5@u.washington.edu or leshoa@u.washington.edu, and request an application. The application deadline is April 4.