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DUBUQUE CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY
DUBUQUE CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY. An eleven-week program, the Academy gave citizens chosen by the police department the opportunity to learn about search and seizure methods, arrest procedures, officer survival, domestic and sexual abuse laws, and internal investigations. Citizens were required to ride along with a police officer on duty and had the option of taking a firearms course.
Citizens in the first session in March 1997 ranged in age from 20 to 67. The program was paid for with a federal grant.
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Source:
Sweeney, Kathleen. "Citizens Get a Taste of What It's Like to Wear a Badge," Telegraph Herald, March 13, p. 3A. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=aEyKTaVlRPYC&dat=19970313&printsec=frontpage&hl=en