Citizens Police Academy
Alumni Association
Interested In Becoming a Member?
The Citizens Police Academy (CPA) is always looking for additional citizens to participate in the program. To be eligible you must meet the following criteria:
You must work or live within the City of Knoxville,
You must be at least eighteen years old,
You must complete a personal history form, and
You must undergo a background investigation to include a criminal history check.
A Selection and Nomination Committee will be
responsible for reviewing all applications
and upon consultation with the Chief of Police, will make the final selections
for participation in each CPA.
In addition, this committee will be tasked with ensuring that each CPA contains a representative sample of our entire community.
The curriculum is twelve (12) weeks in duration. The first week the class will meet Thursday evening from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 in the Training Room at the Knoxville Police Department (Safety Building). The following eleven (11) Thursdays they will meet at the Knoxville Police Department Training Academy (Moses Center) unless otherwise indicated in the Curriculum Guide.
Attendance of each session is critical to fully
benefit from participation in the CPA. Please make every effort to attend each
training session. If you will be unable attend, or will need to arrive late,
please notify the CPA Coordinator at the earliest opportunity.
If you meet these criteria please contact CPA Coordinator Officer Susan Coker at 215-1303 or e-mail her at scoker@cityofknoxville.org
You can download the application forums at CPA
Applications or write to Citizens Police Academy, Knoxville
Police Department, 800 Howard Baker Jr. Ave (formerly E. Church Ave.)
Knoxville, TN 37915 and an application will be mailed to you.
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