Kathleen R. Jorgensen

Henrico County Citizens Police Academy Pictures

It was my pleasure to be selected as one of the members of the 21st Citizens Police Academy for the county in which I live. 

It was an intensive 12 week course and covered both classroom instruction and field work at the police academy's training facility. 

We participated in a mock traffic stop at night, a high speed chase, shot weapons, saw demonstrations of the SWAT team in action, witnessed a mock rescue, a bomb detonation, sniper fire and got to drive police cars through obstacle courses.  Quite an experience.  One I'll never forget. 

The same instructors that teach the regular police recruits taught us. 

I'm still a proud member of the Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association.

Please click on an image below to see a larger view.

Mock rescue by trained officers.	Sample of the SWAT gear.
Writer Jenn Cummings (in white shirt) checks out more SWAT gear. This is heavy stuff.	Members of the SWAT team get ready to put on a demonstration for the class.
I fire an MP5. Yikes. And I hit the target.	I fire a SigSauer. I could get used to this.