{"id":16355,"date":"2025-09-24T15:23:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T21:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/citizens-academy-applications-open-for-fall-2025-at-cortez-police-department\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:57:07","slug":"citizens-academy-applications-open-for-fall-2025-at-cortez-police-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/citizens-academy-applications-open-for-fall-2025-at-cortez-police-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens Academy applications open for Fall 2025 at Cortez Police Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=950e1331-1898-553f-8c73-0b704f565a74&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1243\" height=\"1085\" alt=\"A student from a class last fall trying out FBI defense tactics at the Citizen Academy. (Cortez Police Department)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A student from a class last fall trying out FBI defense tactics at the Citizen Academy. (Cortez Police Department)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Applications are open for the Fall 2025 Citizens Academy, a six-week program that gives residents a practical look at law enforcement. It begins Wednesday, Oct. 15, and runs weekly through Nov. 19, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Cortez Police Department, 608 N. Park St.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is your chance to step into the shoes of a Cortez police officer and experience the realities of law enforcement from the inside,\u201d the PD said.<\/p>\n<p>Held twice a year, the program covers topics like field sobriety testing, drone and bike patrols, and less-lethal tools such as Tasers.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will learn arrest control tactics, review body camera footage, \u201cdive into the investigative side of policing\u201d with detectives, and tour the Montezuma-Cortez 911 Dispatch Center to observe emergency call handling. They\u2019ll also meet department members and explore their roles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake it a girls\u2019 night, bring a friend, your spouse, or a family member and join us for an unforgettable experience that brings our community and department closer together. We can\u2019t wait to meet you,\u201d the PD said.<\/p>\n<p>The academy is free and open to Montezuma County residents age 18 and older. Seats are limited, so early registration is encouraged.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants must provide their birth date for a brief background check.<\/p>\n<p>To enroll, visit the Cortez Police Department\u2019s Crimewatch website at www.crimewatch.net\/l\/228799. For more information, call (970) 565-8441.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hands-on academy lasts six weeks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[364,21,28,60,29,51],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-16355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-community","tag-cortez","tag-headlines","tag-montezuma-county","tag-newsletter","tag-police"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16355"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20156,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16355\/revisions\/20156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16355"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=16355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}