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Oak Creek community academy aims to broaden public understanding of policing
Summary
An unidentified speaker described a community training academy in Oak Creek that places residents in hands-on scenarios, said alumni have gone into law enforcement and local oversight, and defended focused traffic enforcement as a response to calls for service.
Speaker 1, an unidentified speaker, described a community training academy in Oak Creek that puts residents through "light hands-on" exercises so they experience split-second decisions officers face.
The speaker said the program has run for about two years and attracts a wide age range — "from people that have just graduated high school" to retirees — and that some alumni have taken on public safety roles after participating. "We've had from our first class 1 of the younger participants go through the…
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