Citizen's Police Academy

Come join the 14th Graduating class of the Horsham/Hatboro Police Depts' Citizen's Police Academy. Special guest speaker will be Debra Delp RN, a detox nurse who will speak on Drug Addiction Awareness. This year's class brings our Alumni/ae of Police Academy students to over 250. Citizen Police Academy students participated in a 'mock' crime scene in which they solved a burglary, learned about K9 patrol, were treated to a night at 'district court' in which Judge Paul Leo spoke to the group about responsibilities of a Judge and were treated to an Emergency Response demonstration. In addition to several other law enforcement topics including the Vehicle Code and Use of Force, the class got the opportunity to meet many police officers from Horsham, Hatboro and Upper Moreland Townships as well as Lt Rich Peffall from the Montgomery County District Attorneys Office. Anyone interested in attending future Academys should contact Lt Jon Clark at the Horsham Police Department at 215-643-3600. | Horsham Community Center - 1025 Horsham Road, Horsham, PA 19044

Presented jointly by the Horsham Township Police Department and the Hatboro Borough Police Department the Citizen's Police Academy has been a great success. Having graduated several classes now, the academy shows the citizens of the area just what the police do in the course of their days. Classes include Accident Investigation, Crimes Code, Use of Force and Domestic Violence.

Demonstrations are presented by Upper Moreland K-9 officers and the Moreland Area Emergency Response Team. A local District Justice speaks about judicial issues and a local family tells of their son's drug addiction and recovery, as well as displaying various ways of concealing drugs and drug paraphernalia.

For More Information please visit the Horsham Police Department Web Site.

The Horsham Police Department and the Hatboro Police Department are happy to announce the start of the fourteenth Citizens’ Police Academy. The first class is scheduled for Wednesday evening, March 17, 2010 with graduation planned for Wednesday, May 19, 2010. The classes will be start at 7PM and run until 9:30PM.

The Academy is open to citizens of Horsham Township, the Borough of Hatboro and their surrounding communities. At the completion of the course there will be a graduation ceremony and participants will be awarded a certificate by the Chiefs of Police of Horsham and Hatboro Police Departments. The graduates will become members of the Horsham and Hatboro Citizens’ Police Academy Alumni.

During the 10 weeks the participants will become familiar with the way the police perform their duties. Topics will include accident investigations, the Pennsylvania Crimes Code and Vehicle Code, Police K-9, FireArms, Use of Force, Drug Awareness, Crime Scene Processing and other interesting and timely topics . Police Officers from Horsham and Hatboro will instruct the classes.

There is no charge to participate!

Anyone wishing to participate must complete an application available at either the Horsham Police Station at 1025 Horsham Road, Horsham, Pa 19044 or the Hatboro Police Station at 120 E. Montgomery Ave., Hatboro, Pa. 19040. Applications can also be downloaded here. Any questions can be directed to Horsham Police Lieutenant Jon Clark at 215-643-3600 or Hatboro Police Sergeant Pete VanDolsen at 215-675-2832.

Many people go through life as spectators. Many spectators can only complain about the way things are in their neighborhood. We urge the community to stop sitting back and watching, but to PARTICIPATE! This is an excellent opportunity to meet and interact with the members of the Horsham and Hatboro Police Departments about issues that concern you!

The participants in our 11th Citizens Police Academy will graduated Wednesday, November 14th, 2007. Graduation was held again in the Community Center behind the police station and began with remarks from Chief Ruxton, followed by the drug awareness program 'Don't Be An Ostrich by Deb Delp.

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