From the McHenry County Sheriff:
Citizen’s Police Academy Applications Available
The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office is accepting applications for its 11-week Citizen’s Police Academy (CPA).
Classes will be held weekly on Wednesday’s from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office – Training Division starting September 11, 2019, with graduation set for November 20, 2019.
The CPA consists of a series of classes, discussions and demonstrations of the various operations and divisions of the Sheriff’s Office.
The goal of the CPA is to facilitate an enjoyable, educational, hands-on learning experience of the field of law enforcement while expanding our communities’ knowledge of the various services we provide.
To be a participant you must be at least 18 years of age, complete the application paperwork and pass a criminal background check.
Preference is given to those that live in McHenry County.
Those who work in McHenry County or are non-residents are also encouraged to apply.
The Citizen’s Police Academy is offered free of charge.
Class size will be limited to 22 students; a minimum of 10 students will be required to hold the Academy. Participants successfully completing the CPA will have the opportunity to apply if interested in becoming a participant in the Sheriff’s Office Volunteer Program.
Applications can be downloaded from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office webpage at www.mchenrysheriff.org Applications must be postmarked or submitted in person to the Sheriff’s Office by 4:00 pm on Friday, July 12, 2019. Anyone with questions can contact the Community Relations Division at (815) 338-2144 or email tmcreighton@mchenrycountyil.gov
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Don’t we already pay these cops enough?
Now, they want volunteers to do their work, too?
Community involvement is usually a good thing. And, all lives matter, especially those of the defenseless unborn.
The Sheriff’s Dept. would have 3 more deputies if they weren’t ‘loaned out’ for free to the US Marshall’s lame program which takes McHenry deputies out of McHenry Co. 95% of the time (out of state 30%).
There would also be one less death … Keltner case. The ‘federalization’ of County deputy Sheriffs needs to be addressed. Many Ill. counties refuse to be involved with the Marshal’s program, and it’s not just bc they won’t be compensated for the deputies’ loss time to his/her county. Who’s in charge of these deputies? Sheriff can’t recall them. And they aren’t answerable to the County authorities while they are federalized. Huge questions of jurisdiction.
And the alleged ‘good training’ the program gives is belied by the recent death.
Basic LE procedures were not followed in that Deputy Keltner Rockford-venued case. When’s the result of the investigation ever going to be released?
This academy program is also lame on so many levels I don’t know where to begin.
Don’t waste your time on such lunacy.
Academy for FOOLS!
Low I.Q. Little Joey Blowhard will sign up for this “wanna be a cop” program just
to boost his ego and impress the little children around his neighborhood.