Crime & Safety

Enrollment Now Open for Shelby Township Citizens Police Academy

The six-week spring 2013 session will be held on Tuesday evenings, beginning on April 2. The deadline to apply for the spring session is March 22.

Residents and business owners interested in getting a closer look at Shelby Township police operations are invited to apply for the department's spring Citizens Police Academy.

Held two hours a week for six weeks, the academy offers citizens insight into how police officers perform their duties and the various ways by which the greater police department serves the community. 

The police department is now accepting applications for enrollment in its spring session scheduled to start April 2. The program is free and open to any citizen involved in the Shelby Township community who is at least 18 years of age and has no prior felony convictions or misdemeanor convictions in the last three years.

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The spring session's course curriculum includes: 

  • Course Curriculum
  • Criminal Law/Police Procedures 
  • Narcotics/VICE Investigations
  • K-9 Criminal Investigations 
  • Family Abuse/Juvenile Procedures 
  • Emergency Response  
  • Dispatch Center  
  • Traffic Stops/Accident Investigation/Alcohol Enforcement
  • Macomb County Assistant Prosecutor  
  • 41A District Court Judge

Applications for the Citizens Police Academy are available for download on the Shelby Township Police website and at the front desk of the police department at 52530 Van Dyke. Instructions for submission are on the application.  

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The academy is limited to 40 participants per session. The deadline to apply for the spring session is March 22.

For more information, call 586-731-2121, ext 306. If you are selected to participate in the academy, you will be notified in writing by the police department.

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