Citizen Police Academy

Rick Wright - Lake Jackson Police Department

The next class of the Lake Jackson Adult Citizen Police Academy will begin Thursday, March 4, 2010. Applications can be picked up at the Lake Jackson Police Department.   There is no charge for this course.

The Citizen Police Academy is a 30-hour block of instruction designed to give the public a working knowledge of the Lake Jackson Police Department.  The course consists of a series of ten classes held each Thursday night for three (3) hours.  Each night a different topic will be covered by police personnel and supervisors assigned to the different units of the department.

In class we will be covering such diverse topics as training, communications, criminal investigation, and narcotics, with a particular emphasis on patrol, the area most often in contact with the public.  Instruction will consist of lectures, demonstrations, tours, and hands-on-practice.  Each participant will also be given the opportunity to ride with a patrol officer during an actual tour of duty.  Chief Hromadka will be available at the first session and he or a member of his staff will be available throughout the course should participants need clarification or further information.

The slogan of the Lake Jackson Police Academy is “Better Understanding Through Education”.  The goal of the academy is to provide interested citizens with enough information to dispel suspicions and misconceptions about the police and to increase rapport between the department and the community through an educative process.  We believe that officers will in turn become more aware of the public’s feelings and concerns.  Lastly, participants will have the opportunity to personally meet and talk with many officers through the department while providing our officers the chance to meet many concerned citizens representing a wide variety of community interests.

Anyone with questions may contact the Lake Jackson Police Department at
979-415-2700.