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What's It Like to Be a Cop? Sign Up for the Citizen Police Academy

 What's it like to patrol Chicago's neighborhoods? Find out at the Citizen Police Academy.
What's it like to patrol Chicago's neighborhoods? Find out at the Citizen Police Academy.
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ALBANY PARK — The Chicago Police Department is looking for recruits to join its Citizen Police Academy.

The nine-week course, which runs from June 4 to July 30, gives private citizens a taste of what it's like to serve and protect.

In addition to attending sessions on law enforcement practices, participants will have the opportunity to team up with officers on a ride-along and practice techniques such as searching and handcuffing a suspect.

The Citizen Police Academy will meet from 6-9 p.m. at the police academy's training facility, 1300 W. Jackson Blvd.

To apply for a slot, email caps.017district@chicagopolice.org with your name, address, phone number and email address by end of day May 21.