The
Chicago Citizen’s Police Academy (CCPA) is a 9 week, 31.5 hr. course designed
to increase the lines of communication and awareness between the community and
the Chicago Police Department (CPD). Our
first meeting consisted of 20-25 citizens, 5 visiting officers from California,
and the CPD officers heading the course.
During this
time, we discussed course outlines that will include CPD protocol and procedures,
canine and mounted police demonstrations, handcuffing/searching, use of force, troubled
buildings (yayyyy!!!), crisis intervention, and many other daily tasks of the
CPD. Did you know there are roughly 5
million people in the city, M-F, but only 2200 officer deployed per shift?
The main
discussion of the night was about CPD’s Procedural Justice and Legitimacy
course, which all officers had to receive training on. This focused on how
protocol is to treat everyone with respect, care, and as a human being in an
effort to increase positive outcomes, especially with traffic stops. The instructors stressed the importance of “it’s not what you
say, but how you say it and not what you do, but how you do it” approach.
Another
goal of the CCPA, is for the citizens to take initiative and become ambassadors in
their communities, by sharing our behind the scenes knowledge of CPD to
increase positive outcomes when interacting!
More to come next week for Day 2!!!!!
Have a great week everyone!
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