Community Police Academies Offer Hands-On Experience and Education

February 27, 2018

Rockville Offers Academies for Community and for 60-Plus Residents

Community members once again have the opportunity to learn what it takes to be a police officer through the Rockville Community Police Academy or a special course aimed at 60-plus residents this April and May.

The Rockville City Police Department is accepting applications for the free, 8-week Rockville Community Police Academy, which begins Tuesday, April 3 and runs through Tuesday, May 22 from 7-9 p.m. at Glenview Mansion, 603 Edmonston Drive. Participants 18 and older will learn about all aspects of the police department, receive hands-on training and earn a graduation certificate upon course completion. Topics will include:

Crime scene processing.
Firearms training simulations.
K-9 unit demonstrations.
Traffic law.
Detectives and investigations.
Bomb unit.

For more information and to register, email Cpl. Ken Matney at kmatney@rockvillemd.gov.

RCPD is also offering a free course highlighting safety and education for the 60-plus population. The course will explore code enforcement, the K-9 unit and forensic science and will include a tour of the city’s police station. It will meet from 10:30 a.m.-noon on Wednesdays, April 11-May 16, in the Azalea Room of the Rockville Senior Center, 1150 Carnation Drive. Register for course #4198 at www.rockvillemd.gov/registration.

For more information about the Rockville City Police Department and its community policing mission, visit www.rockvillemd.gov/police.