Volunteer with your Police Department

Members of the Bloomington Citizen's Police Academy practice defense tactics.

Volunteers, an integral part of the Police Department, provide a variety of services.

• Explorers (new Web page)
• Police Reserve (new Web page)

• Chaplain Corps
• Citizen's Police Academy

Chaplain Corps

The Department has a Chaplain Corps to serve people in emergencies and strengthen the service rendered by the police to the community. The chaplains are available on call to provide a counseling service for human relations situations.

Citizen's Police Academy

The Citizen's Police Academy is a law enforcement education program for citizens. The academy is designed to give the participants an inside look at how the police department operates, its policies, procedures, programs, priorities and challenges. Academy classes are taught by Police Department personnel and cover a wide spectrum of topics:

• Tour of the Police Department.
• Functions of the patrol, detective and special investigative divisions.
• Emergency Response, Negotiators, Bomb and K-9 Units.
• Search and seizure.
• Traffic stops.
• Officer survival, use of force.
• Defensive tactics.
• Introduction to firearms.

Each Academy session is 10 weeks long with one class a week from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. You must be at least 21 years of age, live or work in Bloomington, and have no felony convictions. Applications may be obtained from the Bloomington Police Department.

For more information, contact:

Proactive Police Services
Bloomington Police Department, 1800 W. Old Shakopee Road
PH: 952-563-4900, FAX: 952-563-4936
E-mail: police@ci.bloomington.mn.us

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