Applications are currently being accepted for the 26th session, which will run from September 23 through November 25th, 2008, with classes held every Tuesday night from 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.  The class will be held at the Virginia Beach Law Enforcement Training Academy, 411 Integrity Way, just off of Birdneck Rd. at 19th Street.  Applications are available at any Virginia Beach Police Precinct, the Crime Prevention Unit Building #15 at the Municipal Center, or you can print a copy [pdf file] from the city’s web site.

Completed applications for this session must be received by the Crime Prevention Office either by mail or personal delivery by Friday, September 12, 2008.  Please do not drop off completed applications at a police precinct.  Seating is limited to 30 citizens.

Topics that are discussed in the academy include:

ü  Recruitment Selection and Training
ü  A Day in the Life of a Patrol Officer
ü  Firearms Safety & Range Operations
ü  Deadly Force Encounters
ü  Forensics
ü  Basic Criminal Law
ü  Animal Control
ü  Crime Prevention Programs
ü  Special Investigations (narcotics,  vice, gang investigations)
ü  Police Chaplains Program
ü  Criminal Investigations
ü  Consumer Fraud
ü  Special Operations

Also included are field trips to the Police Mounted Patrol Barns and the City Jail.

For further information, call MPO Jeff Eaton at 385-1066, bjeaton@vbgov.com or, MPO Leta Krieger at 385-1324, lkrieger@vbgov.com.

MPO Jimmy Barnes, Public Relations Office, 385-4494, jfbarnes@vbgov.com .