Littleton Police Citizen Academy

Applications are currently being accepted for the next class in Spring 2010. Call Lt. Trent Cooper at 303-795-3848 for details.

What Is the Citizen Academy?
The goal of the Citizen Academy is to promote a better relationship between the police department and the community it serves and to foster a clearer understanding of a police officer's duties, how the officer carries out those duties, and the end results of the officer's actions. The Citizen Academy is not being held to train citizens as police officers or to exercise police authority of any kind.

What will citizens learn?
The instructors are comprised of Littleton police officers and civilian staff members. These instructors will describe the functions of their position and will be available to field any questions that arise from their instruction. The classes will survey the basics of police training and will give an overview of how the police department interfaces with the rest of the criminal justice system.

The Citizen Academy will meet once a week for eleven weeks. These meetings will be held on Thursday evenings from 6 to 9:30 p.m. and will consist of ten weeks of classroom and hands-on exercises. The eleventh week meeting will be a graduation ceremony. Dinner will be served before each class. There is no fee for attending the Citizen Academy. Some of the information packed classes are:

• Officer Survival
• Defensive Tactics
• SWAT
• Victim Assistance
• Crime Scene Investigation
• Use of Force
• Firearms simulator
• Ride-a-long with patrol officer
• Communications Center
• DUI and Traffic Enforcement
• Community Policing
• Drugs and Gangs
• Criminal Law
• Special Enforcement Team

To be eligible to participate in Citizen's Academy, you:

• must be over 16 years of age;
• live or work within the Littleton city limits, or belong to a city-wide service club or organization.

For further information regarding participation in the Citizen's Academy, contact Lt. Trent Cooper at 303-795-3848.

Graduates of the Citizen's Academy are invited to join the Littleton Police Citizen Academy Alumni Association.