March 11, 2010
UW Police offer Citizens Academy Wednesdays March to June
Concerned about safety? Wondering how the campus police do their job? You might be a good candidate for the UW Police Citizens Academy.
This year’s Citizens Academy will take place 3 to 5 p.m. each Wednesday from March 31 to June 2 in the Fishery Sciences Building, across the street from the UWPD’s station on Boat Street. The class is free and open to all UW faculty, staff and students. The deadline to sign up is March 25.
Organizing the course are UWPD crime prevention officers Warren Bresko and Arnie Belton. Bresko said the 10-week course will cover most aspects of community and campus policing — patrol operations, criminal investigations, traffic enforcement, domestic violence, crime prevention strategies and how and when force is used in a police encounter.
There also will be sessions on how arrests, searches and seizures are carried out, defensive tactics, lethal and nonlethal weapons, high-risk stops, the use of force and the K-9 patrol dog.
There are no special requirements for taking the Citizens Academy course. UWPD will screen each candidate for the class, and reserves the right to refuse any candidate.
To apply for this year’s Citizen Academy, send an e-mail to Bresko at wbresko@u.washington.edu or Belton at arnieb@u.washington.edu. For more information about the program you can also call 206-543-9338 or visit the UW Police Web site, http://www.washington.edu/admin/police/index.shtml.
