Citizen Police Academy

The Emmaus Citizen Police Academy was created by Sergeant Schilling and held it's first annual class in the Winter of 2024. This nine-week course was  designed to educate the Borough of Emmaus citizens in the philosophy, policies, operations, practices, and functions of their Emmaus Police Department while enhancing and developing police/community relations. This course is not intended to train or certify citizens to perform law enforcement services.

Participants enrolled will receive instruction by Emmaus Police personnel including presentations and demonstrations on various topics such as:

• Department Overview
• Lehigh County Coroner/Death Investigations
• Criminal Investigations
• PA Crimes Code, Vehicle Code and Emmaus Borough Ordinance Overview
• K9 Function/Demonstration
• Traffic Stops
• Patrol Function
• School Resource Officer/Juvenile Detective
• Lehigh County Drug Task Force
• Accidents and Accident Reconstruction
• Lehigh County Emergency Response Team (LC ERT)
• Use of Force
• Firearm Safety
• Role Playing/Scenario Training