• Officer Andrew Tobias and his dog Yukon demonstrate K-9 Training

MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP - The Meridian Township Police Department is offering a Police Citizens’ Academy Class to local residents.

The 18th Annual Citizen’s Academy started September 8 and will run through November 10, 2016 with classes meeting on Thursday evening from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
The program is free.

Some of the topics covered are:
• K9 presentation
• 911 Dispatch Center Tour
• Criminal Law and the Michigan Court System
• Community Policing and Code Enforcement
• Narcotics
• Accident investigations
• Traffic and OWI (Operating while Intoxicated)
• Arrest and law and Use of Force
• Uniform patrol functions
• Criminal investigations and CSI

The goal of the program is to provide citizens a deeper understanding of the job skills and abilities
required of modern day law enforcement officers and gain positive insight into the challenges the men and women in blue face.