Avon police, Eagle County police agencies seek participants for 12th Latino Police Academy

The Avon Police Department will be hosting its 12th annual Latino Police Academy, offering an inside look at what it is like to work as a police officer in Eagle County, from July 8 through Aug. 26.

The academy will educate and inform citizens of the roles and capabilities of the Avon Police Department, Vail Police Department, Eagle County Sheriff’s Office, and Eagle Police Department.

The academy will take place every Monday from July 8 through Aug. 26, for a total of eight classes.  Classes will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

The following topics will be presented:

• July 8: State of the Police Department; crime in Avon; community policing; Avon Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Bureau; and crime scene investigations, including fingerprinting, latent prints, dusting, and black lights.
• July 15: Drug Recognition Experts and DUI enforcement. Participants will learn how to evaluate the sobriety of an individual and perform tests on an intoxicated person.   
• July 22: S.W.A.T. participants will learn about the Eagle County Special Operations Unit and also will be taught basic self-defense techniques.
• July 29: Participants will visit the Eagle County Court for a presentation from Eagle County Sheriff’s Office Victim Advocates.
• Aug. 5: Defensive driving training. Participants will have the opportunity to drive a marked patrol vehicle equipped with lights and sirens through a driving course set up by the driving instructor. 
• Aug. 12: Firearms Training Simulator (FATS). Participants will be given a computer simulation of shoot or don’t shoot situations and be required to react as a police officer in compliance with the use of force policy.
• Aug. 19: Vail Public Safety Communications Center (dispatch) presentation.
• Aug. 26: An evening with firearms instructors at the firing range.

The Avon Latino Police Academy is open to a maximum of 25 students, all subject to a background investigation. Due to the subject matter, participants must be eighteen years of age or older, have no felony convictions, and have no significant or recent misdemeanor convictions. Participants must also be willing to complete a waiver of liability.

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Fill out an application today at the Avon Police Department or online, or email the registration form to Detective Alan Hernandez at ahernandez@avon.org.

For more information in Spanish, contact Avon Police Department Community Outreach Coordinator Brenda Torres at btorres@avon.org or call 970-748-4022.