The Manhattan Beach Police Department is currently accepting applications for the winter 2018 Community Police Academy. The Academy is a ten-week program designed to educate residents and local citizens on the various aspects of law enforcement. The highly popular program fills up quickly so turn in your application ASAP.

Classes are held every Thursday night beginning Thursday, Jan. 11 (6-9 p.m.) in MBPD's Community Room, continuing every Thursday through March 15th's graduation ceremony.

The Academy's objective is to increase understanding between citizens and police in the City of Manhattan Beach through education. The Academy continues to create a growing nucleus of well-informed citizens who become familiar with the people who serve as officers and what their work within the community involves.

Participants receive an informative and hands-on overview of the fundamentals of police procedures, programs and policies. Each session highlights select divisions (i.e. Patrol, SWAT, K-9, Traffic and Detectives) within MBPD and feature instruction by police officers, support personnel, and management staff. The Academy is not intended to prepare citizens for street duty as police officers. Instead, participants will become closely familiar with the operations of MBPD. At the same time, through this interaction with residents, MBPD officers get the opportunity to work toward building stronger community relationships.  

For more program information, call Officer Kristie Colombo at (310) 802-5184 or email [email protected]. Academy applications and brochures are available on the city website: http://www.citymb.info/city-officials/police-department/programs-and-services/crime-prevention.