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Registration deadline nears for Liberty County Citizens Police Academy

Don't miss a chance to attend the Liberty County Citizens Police Academy. The deadline to sign up is Friday, July 14, and classes start Monday, July 31. Anyone turning in an application after the deadline date cannot be considered. Thus far the applicants have been coming in at a good pace and the class should be full soon.

This Academy, co-sponsored by Liberty County Sheriff Bobby Rader and District Attorney Logan Pickett, will have state certified instructors speaking on a vast number of law enforcement subjects such as the Penal Code, SWAT operations, a hands-on "shoot/don't shoot" scenario, Texas Ranger interfacing, a hands-on homicide investigation scene utilizing the usual investigative techniques such as fingerprints, blood splatter patterns and many other subjects of interest to any citizen who may be interested in the manner in which your Criminal Justice system must and does function. After graduation, the students can join the Alumni Association and work with the sheriff's or DA's office in a non-frontline volunteer capacity as this academy class does not certify the students as peace officers or grant them the powers of arrest.

Applications for the Citizen Police Academy can be picked up on the south end of the county at the sheriff's dispatchers office at 2400 Beaumont Ave. in the City of Liberty or on the north end of the county at the court house annex located at 304 Campbell St. in the City of Cleveland. All applicants must be at least 18 years old and pass a criminal background check. The academy is free. Call 936-336-4500 for more information.

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