{"id":39566,"date":"2017-07-24T18:59:10","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T22:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=39566"},"modified":"2017-07-25T21:24:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T01:24:40","slug":"httpwww-thevalleyledger-comp1904-634","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=39566","title":{"rendered":"Allentown Police Department is proud to announce that the application process for the 2017 Citizens Police Academy is open."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Allentown Police Department 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Citizen\u2019s Police Academy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Allentown Police Department is proud to announce that the application process for the 2017 Citizens Police Academy is open. Applications will be accepted until 3:00 pm on Friday, August 11. Our Citizen Academy will run from  September 6 through November 13, 2017. The academy classes will be held at the Allentown Police Academy, 2110 Park Drive, Allentown, PA 18103, Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topics to be Covered include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"336\">Community Oriented Policing<\/td>\n<td width=\"302\">Crime Scene Processing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"336\">K9 Demonstration<\/td>\n<td width=\"302\">Vice &amp; Intelligence Search &amp; Seizure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"336\">Youth Division<\/td>\n<td width=\"302\">Firearms &amp; Firearms safety<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"336\">School Resources Officers<\/td>\n<td width=\"302\">Emergency Vehicle Operation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"336\">Defensive Tactics \u2013 Use of Force<\/td>\n<td width=\"302\">Gang Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"336\">Traffic \u2013 Vehicle Stops, DUI Arrests<\/td>\n<td width=\"302\">Lehigh County Coroner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"336\">Criminal Investigations<\/td>\n<td width=\"302\">Crime Analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"336\">Regional Intelligence &amp; Information Center<\/td>\n<td width=\"302\">Computer Crime Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7<strong> Applications and information will be available beginning on Monday July 24<sup>th<\/sup> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allentownpa.gov\/Police\/Police-Academy\/Civilian-Police-Academy\">http:\/\/www.allentownpa.gov\/Police\/Police-Academy\/Civilian-Police-Academy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\uf0b7 For questions contact Sergeant Jim Gress at 610-437-7767 or james.gress@allentownpa.gov<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Class is limited to 35 students. Allentown residents and Crime Watch group members will be given priority.<\/p>\n<p>Information Provided By:<br \/>\nMike Moore<br \/>\nCommunications Manager<br \/>\nMayor&#8217;s Office<br \/>\n435 Hamilton Street<br \/>\nAllentown, PA 18101<br \/>\nMike.Moore@allentownpa.gov<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39567,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/citizens-patrol.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}