Dickinson Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association

Proudly supports the Dickinson Police Department and the City of Dickinson for over 20 years!

Would you like to know what really goes on at the Dickinson Police Department? Would you like to meet the officers and see what they are really like? Do you have questions about what you see and hear that goes on in the community? If your answer is ‘yes’ to any of these questions, you are a candidate for the next Citizen’s Police Academy!

The purpose of the Dickinson Citizens’ Police Academy Alumni Association is to provide a means whereby graduates of the Dickinson Citizens’ Police Academy can support the Dickinson Police Department in obtaining ancillary equipment and give other assistance through appropriate fundraising projects within the community, and to enhance relations between the Dickinson Police Department and the Citizens of Dickinson.

The Citizen Police Academy is a community relations program intended to promote positive interaction between the Dickinson Police Department and the citizens of Dickinson. The program’s concept is simple: “Better understanding through education.”
The course of instruction is presented on Thursdays, 6:30pm to 9:00 p.m., for 13 weeks at the Dickinson Police Department. The curriculum includes such things as: Patrol Procedures, Criminal Law, Crime Scene Investigation, Firearms, Narcotics Enforcement, Crime Prevention, Police Communication, Criminal Records Management, and more. The instructors are Dickinson Police Officers and support personnel with expertise in these areas.

The Citizen Police Academy is designed to be informative. While the Department encourages citizens to become active members of our community, the Citizen Police Academy is not designed to train citizens to become police officers. It is believed that the citizen, upon completing this program, will have a better knowledge and understanding of the Dickinson Police Department: its mission, programs, personnel, and day to day workings. Graduates of this program interested in more involvement with the Department and the community are encouraged to join the Dickinson Citizen’s Police Academy Alumni Association (DCPAAA).