Citizen Academy Classroom and Field Exercise Schedule

Session One (Tuesday, January 12, 2010)
 
 Welcome and orientation
 Building tour, which includes Minot Central Dispatch
 Officer selection and training
 Ward County Task Force

 Session Two (Tuesday, January 19, 2010)
 
 Crime Prevention - Counter Act
 Adopt-a-Cop - School Resource Program  

Session Three (Tuesday, January 26, 2010)
 
 F.A.T.S. — Animal Control — Chaplain Program  

Session Four (Tuesday, February 2, 2010)
 
 Criminal Investigations - Fingerprints
 Evidence collection - Crime scene search
 Arson Investigation  

Session Five (Tuesday, February 9, 2010)
 
 Use of force - O.C. - Baton
 PPCT techniques
 Firearms requirements
 Weapons at the Police Department  

Session Seven (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)
 
 Equipment used on duty. (Uniforms, duty belt, briefcases, forms.)
 Patrol Procedures. (Manpower, shifts, schedules, areas of patrol.)
 Low Risk and High Risk traffic stops
 Signal 100

Session Six (Tuesday, February 16, 2010)
 
 Tactical Team
 K-9 Unit
 Bomb Team

Session Eight (Tuesday, March 2, 2010)
 
 Accident investigation
 DUI enforcement
 Domestic violence investigation  

Session Nine (Tuesday, March 9, 2010)
 
 Police Stress  

Session Ten (Tuesday, March 16, 2010)
 
 Session overview
 Comments by Chief Balentine
 Graduation - Pictures - Evaluation