Forty-eight persons from neighborhoods throughout Nashville will graduate tonight from the 19th session of the Metropolitan Police Department’s Citizen Police Academy.
Mayor Purcell and Chief Serpas will be on hand to congratulate the graduates. The ceremony begins at 6 p.m. in the community room of the Hermitage Precinct.
The 48 graduates, including eight volunteer police chaplains, have spent ten weeks learning about the inner-workings of the police department. Topics included community policing, drug & prostitution enforcement, officer survival/use of force, traffic & DUI enforcement, workplace violence, and the judicial process.
Including tonight’s graduates, 832 persons have completed the police department’s Citizen Police Academy since it began in 1995.
Media representatives are welcome to attend tonight’s ceremony.
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