Crime & Safety

Shoot Guns at the LBPD Firing Range! Become a Part of the Citizen Academy!

Wanted by the Laguna Beach Police Department: YOU. The LBPD is accepting applications for its Citizen Academy.

News release from the Laguna Beach Police Department:

The is accepting applications for the Citizen Academy. The academy starts Thursday February 9, 2012 and will meet from 6-9:30 PM for 12 consecutive weeks (the 13th week is graduation). Applications will be accepted until January 23.

The Citizen Academy is a 12-week non-stress course designed to provide community members with a better understanding of the Laguna Beach Police Department and to help foster better communications between police personnel and citizens.

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The Academy will include instruction in the following areas: History of the Laguna Beach Police Department, investigations, traffic enforcement, accident investigation, driving under the influence investigation, gangs, narcotics, neighborhood watch, crime prevention, crime scene investigation, police K-9 program and volunteer programs. There will also be a tour of the police facility as well as vehicles and equipment used by the department. Academy members will be given the chance to shoot at the police firing range and participate in mock scenarios. There is also a tour of the Orange County Jail.

To obtain an application and announcement for the Citizen Academy, contact the Laguna Beach Police Department at (949) 497-0701. For questions regarding this program, contact Lt. Darin Lenyi at (949) 497-0375 or email: dlenyi@lagunabeachcity.net.

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Applications are mailed, faxed or emailed to you upon request.


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