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4 | July 19, 2018 | The Lockport Legend NEWS lockportlegend.com 8/18/18 8/18/18) Lockport Citizens Police Academy promotes partnership with residents Jacquelyn Schlabach Assistant Editor The Lockport Police Department is currently accepting applications for its annual Citizens Police Academy, which starts this September and looks to continue building partnerships with community members. The academy is open to anyone age 18 and older who either lives, works or goes to school in Lockport. Participants are to meet at the Lockport Police Department located at 1212 S. Farrell Road from 6-9 p.m. every Monday starting Sept. 10 for 12 weeks. “Chief Terry Lemming is extremely big on community policing, and these days obviously, with what’s going on in the media and how things are played out, the police are kind of getting a bad rap these days, and we really want to focus our police department more on the community and partnering with the community in order to decrease crime and prevent crime and things of that nature,” program coordinator officer Jeren Szmergalski said. There are already nine spots filled of the 16 allotted for the program. Participants are to not only get a chance to learn about the various aspects of the police department through this interactive program, but they are to also learn a lot about the people behind the badges. “So this course gives the opportunity to the citizens of Lockport to kind of come into our world, I guess you could say, and get to know us not as the officers but as the people who do the job and protect them,” Szmergalski said. “And it gives them a little sense of what we go through as regular people in this profession, how it affects us, how it affects our families, [and] what mindset we’re in when we’re out doing our various jobs.” Szmergalski said having a relationship with those in Lockport helps the officers do their job effectively by putting everyone on the same team. The citizens of Lockport are the eyes and ears of the police department, preventing crime and helping the officers solves cases faster, she said. Good Hands ® Within arm’s reach. Claudia Gamache, CPCU 815-834-2700 16614 W. 159th St., #320 Lockport agents.allstate.com/cgamache3 Subject to terms, conditions and availability. © 2018 Allstate Insurance Co. 242803 Throughout the 12 weeks, a speaker from WesCom Emergency Dispatch is to come in to talk about what they do on a daily basis. Different LPD officers are to come in as well to share information about the Illinois criminal code and domestic violence laws, which Szmergalski is to lead. The LPD K-9 officer and officers who have been undercover drugbuying agents are also to come speak about their jobs. There is also to be a use of force lesson, where participants will be put through a shoot-don’t-shoot training that officers go through using devices similar to paintball guns. Last year, assistant state’s attorney’s presented one of the courses about the court system and took the participants through a trial. Szmergalski hopes to have them return again this year. The Citizens Police Academy is offered at no cost to the participants, and guest speakers come in and volunteer their time because they and the LPD feel it’s important to have a relationship with its community members. “We want people to come here on their own free will,” Szmergalski said. “We want people who are interested in what we do as a police department, and we want them to be positive people who come in that want to help our police department.” Applications can be found online at www.lockportpo lice.info/citizen-police.html or at the Lockport Police Department. The deadline to submit applications is Sept. 5. For more information, contact Szmergalski at (815) 838-2132 or by email at jszmergalski@lockport police.info.
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