{"id":11491,"date":"2016-02-16T16:57:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T21:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=11491"},"modified":"2016-02-16T17:01:12","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T22:01:12","slug":"httpwww-thevalleyledger-comp1904-161","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=11491","title":{"rendered":"CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY SCHEDULED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"> The Allentown Police Department is seeking applicants for its 2016 Citizens Police Academy class. Classes will run Mondays and Wednesdays from 6pm-9pm from April 4 through May 26 and will be held primarily at the Allentown Police Academy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">Topics will include criminal investigations, crime scene processing, arrests, search and seizure, crime analysis, vice and intelligence, gang unit, school resource officers, defensive tactics and use of force, vehicle stops, DUI and field sobriety testing, community oriented policing, K9 demonstration and the county coroner\u2019s office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">Class size is limited to 30 individuals. Allentown residents and crime watch group participants are strongly urged to apply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">Applications and detailed information will be available after Thursday, February 18 by visiting the department\u2019s webpage at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allentownpa.gov\/Police\/Police-Academy\/Civilian-Police-Academy\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.allentownpa.gov\/Police\/Police-Academy\/Civilian-Police-Academy<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">Questions should be directed to Sergeant Jim Gress at 610-437-7767 or <a href=\"mailto:james.gress@allentownpa.gov\" target=\"_blank\">james.gress@allentownpa.gov<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">Information provided by:<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">Mike Moore<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">Communications Manager<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">Mayor&#8217;s Office<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">\u00a0435 Hamilton Street<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">\u00a0Allentown, PA 18101<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">\u00a0Mike.Moore@allentownpa.gov<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">http:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><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 src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><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 src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1814,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[29,2128,1702],"class_list":["post-11491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2","tag-allentown","tag-citizen","tag-police-academy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_03465.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}