The University of Maryland Police Department is excited to reembark upon its Citizen’s Police Academy starting in September 2023. The Citizen’s Police Academy is geared towards building and formulating lasting relationships between program participants and the University of Maryland Police and its College Park community, with the ultimate goal of reducing crime and achieving the best police service in the College Park community. The program will give people an inside look at the values, philosophies, and operations of the police agency, while at the same time serving as an open forum for questions, discussion, and the exchange of ideas. Both participants and agency personnel will be better able to dispel concerns and misconceptions, improving police and community rapport. This will be a twelve (12) week academy which will begin on Tuesday, September 5, 2023 and close with a graduation ceremony on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. Classes will begin at 6:00 pm each Tuesday night and end at 9:00 pm. During these twelve weeks there will be a variety of classroom training and highlights of what our agency does on a daily basis.