Community Programs & Events

Citizens Police Academy

The mission of the Citizens Police Academy is to build cooperative relationships between citizens and the police through training and education. The police academy produces a network of informed citizens who can return to their neighborhoods to organize, encourage and mobilize others, and partner with police in reducing crime in Rockford.  The course curriculum includes sessions on patrol operations, 911 center operations, community policing, crime prevention through environmental design, crime analysis, criminal law, and city ordinances, among others. Interested citizens must be 18 years of age or older to participate. 

Applications for this FREE class are being accepted now through February 15th.  Classes run from February 22-April 12, 2023.  Get the application here!

Learn more:  Citizens Police Academy Spring 2023

 

Youth Organization Resources

Click below for a listing of community organizations that assist our Rockford youth.  If you have an organization or are part of one and would like to be included in the list, please email Assistant Deputy Chief Mike Dalke at [email protected]. 

Rockford Youth Organizations2022

 

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