
{"id":9160,"date":"2010-03-04T11:50:27","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T19:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=9160"},"modified":"2010-03-04T11:50:27","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T19:50:27","slug":"citizens-police-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2010\/03\/04\/citizens-police-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens Police Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chapel Hill Police Department will begin hosting a Citizens Police Academy on Tuesday, April 6. The academy is a 10-week program designed to introduce participants to the inner workings of their police department. Meeting one night per week, Tuesdays from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., participants will receive information on topics including basic law-enforcement training, the criminal justice process, patrol operations, traffic enforcement, use of force, firearms, investigations, crisis unit, K-9 unit, gangs, community services and special emergency response <\/p>\n<p>Successful completion of the Citizens Police Academy does not certify participants as police officers or give them police powers, but provides the opportunity for graduates to gain a better understanding of the daily operations of the police department and, conversely, the police department to become more aware of community feelings on safety and police department response. <\/p>\n<p>Applicants must be at least 18 years of age, live in Chapel Hill and pass a background check. Prior felony convictions or misdemeanor convictions within the last year will prevent participation.<br \/>\nApplications are available at the Chapel Hill Police Department or online at townofchapelhill.org\/index.aspx?page=1322. For more information, contact Assistant Chief Chris Blue at 968-2760 or cblue@townofchapelhill.org <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chapel Hill Police Department will begin hosting a Citizens Police Academy on Tuesday, April 6. The academy is a 10-week program designed to introduce participants to the inner workings of their police department. Meeting one night per week, Tuesdays from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., participants will receive information on topics including basic law-enforcement training,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9161,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9160\/revisions\/9161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}