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Our purpose is to develop positive relations between the Warsaw Police Department and the community through education. To create a growing nucleus of responsible, well informed citizens, who have the potential of influencing public opinions about police practices and services. Citizens will gain an appreciation of the problems and challenges facing law enforcement and have an opportunity to offer comments and ideas regarding solutions. The academy is ten (10) weeks in length. Classes are held in the evening and each 3 1/2 hour session covers a different aspect of the Warsaw Police Department. Participants are presented with frank and candid explanations of how each division functions. They learn the successes as well as the problems and how they are handled. The Academy also includes an optional four hour ride along with a patrol officer and a tour of the police facilities. Participants are selected from a simple application process. Participants will come to class with a variety of backgrounds, questions, and philosophies about police officers. They range from public officials and school teachers to business and professional people. Applications are available at the Warsaw Police Department and must be received by August 1 of each year. Participants are provided a notebook and handouts pertinent to the topics, refreshments, a graduation certificate, and a special gift from the Academy staff upon graduation. At the end of each class session, participants are asked to evaluate the lesson they have just completed. You may obtain an application at the Warsaw Police Department or contact Detective Greg Oberlin, 574-372-9540. You may email Detective Greg Oberlin by clicking here. You may download the application by clicking here.
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The goal of the Warsaw Citizen's Police Academy is to create better
understanding and communications between citizens and police of Warsaw through
education. This is an opportunity for the citizens of our community to know more
about the men and women who are protecting their neighborhoods and why they make
the decisions they do. The Warsaw Citizen's Police Academy also presents an
opportunity for the citizens to voice their concerns directly to the police.