The Student Police Academy is a semester-long elective course offered at Grants Pass High School to Junior and Senior students. Officers, Dispatchers, and Supervisors come into the classroom and teach the students a wide variety of topics in an effort to enlighten and educate the students on the intricacies of working in the Police realm.
Topics
The classes last 45 minutes each and are offered every school day for 18 weeks. The topics taught include, but are not limited to:
Accreditation
Arrest and patrol procedures
Community Policing
Criminal and narcotics investigations and crime scene processing
Criminal law
Emergency medical services
Ethics
Hiring process
Juvenile issues
K-9
Officer survival and personal safety
Polygraph
Rapid intervention team
Report Writing
Specialty teams
Traffic
Expectations
Students are expected to maintain a daily journal, complete instructor and topic evaluations, participate in class, pass written examinations, and complete a class project.