If you are interested, please call Senior Officer Denise R. Pace, at 826-4082, to receive an application by mail or fill out an application (Go) and mail it to:

Senior Officer Denise R. Pace
C.P.A. Coordinator
4510 Corona Dr.
Corpus Christi, Tx 78411

or fax your application
to: (361)  854-9843

The Corpus Christi Police Department proudly sponsors the 37th Session of the Citizen’s Police Academy (C.P.A.)

Why the Citizen's Police Academy?

The concept of the Citizen's Police Academy involves a partnership with the citizens of Corpus Christi and the Corpus Christi Police Department. The benefits of such a partnership can only help strengthen the entire community in terms of public safety and quality of life.

A police agency cannot be effective without the trust of its citizens. The Citizen Police Academy program builds that trust. Through education, it provides a bridge between the officer in the car and the citizens in the field. Citizens will gain an appreciation of the problems and challenges facing law enforcement and have an opportunity to offer comments and ideas regarding solutions. Those citizens then become the police department's "goodwill ambassadors" throughout the community.

As a result graduates are better equipped to assess safety issues, and share with others their knowledge of law enforcement practices and policies.

There are a couple of hands-on exercises and, at the end of the program, you get to role play and make decisions as a police officer would. You also will get to go on a Ride-a-Long to see first-hand what happens on the street.

The program will begin on October 6, 2009, and continue through December 8, 2009.  Graduation will be held on December 15, 2009.  Classes will meet every Tuesday during this period from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Police Training Center, located at 4510 Corona Drive.

Applications will be accepted from September 8, 2009 through 5:00 p.m., on September 25, 2009.  Class size is limited to 24 seats. Those accepted into the program will be notified no later than Friday, October 2, 2009.