Last year I did the Santa Clara Citizens Police Academy class. It was a 13 week program open to SC residents or people who work in the city. The Police force of SC do a great job through this program of educating local people on what a great job they do.
The program basically has speakers from each department with in the police force explaining what and how they go about their job. The speakers range from Chaplaincy to First Responders, from Traffic Patrol to Emergency Preparedness. Every area is covered and explained and there are lots of hands on activities and involvement by the participants. There is an evening called "Red Man" and a visit to the County Goal and best of all a chance for you to go out with an officer on his/her patrol. I took the swing shift and got to know parts of Santa Clara I never knew existed and most of all got to see some fine officers deal with some unusual circumstances from kids stealing alcohol at Safeway in Rivermark to Domestic violence. However, I think everyones highlight was Police Academy Saturday. Can you imagine 10 hours of fun, driving police cars, shooting police firearms and role playing scenarios. Plus having the Police chief serve you burgers!
You might read this as Santa Clara PR exercise. Yes that may be true but at the same time it's a good exercise and we as residents should be proud of our police men and women of Santa Clara. Fortunately, for us we have the monies to ensure that we hire the best.
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