Roseville Citizen's Police Academy

On Thursday July 23rd, 2010

I graduated from

the City of Roseville's

Citizens Police Academy!

It's a two-week course that gives you an

inside look at the daily operations of your local police force.

The highlights:

Standing on a rooftop to watch the K-9 units below

find a hiding suspect,

track marijuana,

and go plain nuts in the back of a police car

when the sirens start to blair.

{The car was rocking!}

Getting to be a fly on the wall of the dispatch center.

I freaked when they got a call about someone that had a knife...
{Yikes!}

Visiting the local jail and checking out the booking rooms.

{Talk about creepy}

Walking the underground shooting range.

The best part was spotting bullet holes in random places

that were way, way off target.

{Who's shooting behind you on the target line?}

Handling the SWAT team equipement and

learning what it takes to qualify.

For example, timed pull-up exercises...

while toting 70+ pounds of extra weight?

{No thank you!}

Learning that on average

there are only eight officers on patrol at any given time!

{No wonder there's never a cop around when you need one!}

All in all,

it was a GREAT experience!

I learned so much,

and have a whole new appreciation for what these

good people do in our behalf.

...

The kids were a bit confused though.

Owen thought mom was a cop now...

No,
mom is just mom, son.

Sorry to disappoint!

And Samuel came away hoping that I was
finally up for packing some heat!

Again,
sorry to disappoint!

Though I wouldn't mind trying my hand
at the range sometime...

{smile}