Community Engagement Academy

MPD is currently preparing for the Fall 2018 Cohort of the Community Engagement Academy (Cohort #11).  Click here to apply today!

Launched in 2015, the Community Engagement Academy - a six week program - allows interested community members the opportunity to learn firsthand about police operations. Through this initiative the Department seeks to provide participants with a personal view of the positive aspects and challenges that confront officers on a daily basis. During training participants learn about:

• The Recruit Training Program

• Common Policing Scenarios and Challenges

• Juvenile Issues and Youth Investigations

• Patrol Services and take Station Tours

• Specialized Policing Units (e.g., K-9, bomb squad, harbor patrol)

• The Use of Force Discussion

• Various Policing Topics from Command Staff Members

There are three cohorts of the Community Engagement Academy held annually (Summer, Fall, and Spring).  Participants must undergo a basic background check prior to participation.  For more information, please contact:

Marvin Haiman, Exeutive Director
Professional Development Bureau
marvin.haiman@dc.gov 
(202) 727-9832

Over 200 community members from all seven police districts have completed the more than twenty-eight hours of training, tours, discussion, and presentations regarding Departmental policies, practices, and procedures on various police-related issues.

Members of the Community Engagement Academy also participated in a discussion regarding law enforcement and society in partnership with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.  Please view the video Bringing the Lessons Home where members discuss the impact the experience had on them.

Click here to apply today!