Atlantic City Public Safety Citizen's Academy

There are citizen's in our city who come in contact with the Atlantic City Police Department, Atlantic City Fire Department and the Atlantic City Emergency Services Division. Few citizen's have in-depth knowledge of the rules, regulations and laws that govern these various divisions.

The Atlantic City Public Safety Citizen's Academy provides a unique insight into the structure and limitations of authority within each division. Familiarity with the basic principles of these departments is the key to better understanding the actions and reactions of the public safety employee within the community.

The Atlantic City Public Safety Citizen's Academy improves the communication process by coactive and proactive communication, which enhances the relationship between the community and the Atlantic City Police Department, the Atlantic City Fire Department and the Emergency Services Division.

The Atlantic City Public Safety Citizen's Academy achieves the following objectives:

· Provides community members with an understanding of the powers and limitations imposed by law on police, fire, and emergency services personnel.

· Provides community members with additional knowledge that assists the citizen in forming objective opinions about the policies of the various divisions within the police dept., fire dept., and emergency services division.

· Develops objective and informed members of the community who will assist in dispelling rumors, while advancing the truth about the police dept., fire dept., and emergency services division policy and procedure.

· Corrects misperceptions and myths held by some community members about the roles, responsibilities and activities of police dept., fire dept., and emergency services division.

· Provides a forum for the exchange of information between public safety personnel and community members.

 

The Atlantic City Department of Public Safety Citizen's Academy is a 14 week program that is coordinated by the Atlantic City Police Department. Participants meet one night a week and receive instruction in the following areas of the police department as they relate to the community:

Patrol Procedures
Investigative Procedures
Juvenile Bureau
Narcotics
Community Policing
Cultural Awareness
Domestic Violence
Internal Affairs
K-9
Emergency Response Team
Use of Force

Two weeks of the program are set aside for the Atlantic City Fire Department, Emergency Management and the Beach Patrol.

For further information about the academy, please feel free to call Off. Dave Hadley or Off. Ray Davis at (609) 347-6860.

Atlantic City Public Safety Ambassador

Upon graduating the Atlantic City public Safety Citizen's Academy, resident's are sworn in as Public Safety Ambassadors. The following are some of the responsibilities of a Public Safety Ambassador:

• Required to sign the "I believe in Atlantic City" contract. Þ To enhance the quality of life for residents, businesses and visitors to Atlantic City by assisting and supporting our public safety providers.
  
  
• To prevent and/or eliminate incidents that may adversely affect the community through a coactive effort with the Atlantic City Police Department and the Community-At-Large.
  
  
• To combine efforts of public safety providers and the community by fighting the war of values. To save our children through stopping the violence, illegal drugs and or other forms of deviant behavior. This is done through proactive behavior.
  
  
• To act as a liaison between the community and public safety providers by mobilizing community resources, providing support, counseling, referrals, and other assistance as needed.
  
  
• To continually update and inform the community about what is happening in the city through the quarterly production of the Reproco newsletter.

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