Crime & Safety

West Springfield District Station Launches New Citizen Police Academy

The Citizen Police Academy is one of a handful of initiatives from the station to educate the community about police enforcement efforts.

The West Springfield District Station of the Fairfax County Police Department is sponsoring a version of the Citizen Police Academy (CPA) as part of their new initiatives for 2013.

The CPA is mostly geared toward residents who live or work in the Greene Hills Estates in Springfield, which is south of Burke. The program is free to all. Children ages 5-11 years can also particpate.

"The Citizen Police Academy is one of the many initiatives and partnerships we are involved in to ensure safe communities," said Capt. Joe Hill, commander of the station, in an email to Patch.

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Training will last for five weeks on Tuesday nights from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. until June 18 at Saratoga Elementary School, located at 8111 Northumberland Road in Springfield. The first class was held on Tuesday, but residents are still welcome to sign up.

As CPA students, residents will learn crime prevention skills, learn aout victim services, the police K9 unit, SWAT team and more.

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Back in February, Hill told Patch that the station was planning to increase its community enforcement and educational efforts in order to lower crimes rates in the area.

To learn more about the CPA, view the flyer at right.

To find out more about the rest of the West Springfield District Station's initiatives for 2013, read more on Patch.


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