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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Carroll County Times News Local 2016 Citizens Police Academy Coverage

Carroll County Times News Local 2016 Citizens Police Academy Coverage http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2016/05/carroll-county-times-news-local-2016.html

Awesome series and great work by Heather Mongilio.

Hopefully, someone will keep this series mind when the next cycle of Maryland ‑ Delaware ‑ D.C. Press Association awards are being determined ... Just saying




Reporter Heather Mongilio will be attending each class of the Citizens Police Academy to write a first-person series about her experiences as a participant. After each class, she'll write an article about what the 15-student class learned, with input from other students, teachers and herself.


  • Citizens Police Academy Week 5: Facts, details paramount to officers' testimony
CRIME
Citizens Police Academy Week 5: Facts, details paramount to officers' testimony

  • In the past few months covering crime I have found myself sitting in courtrooms often. But for the first time, on Thursday I found myself sitting on the witness stand to testify. This wasn't a real court case. In fact, the defendant, Eric Messerschmidt, was being played by Dave Bollinger, one of...
  • Citizens Police Academy: Week 5
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Citizens Police Academy: Week 5

  • In Week 5 of the Citizens Police Academy, Carroll County Times reporter Heather Mongilio and her classmates learn about testifying in court from an officer's standpoint. (Dave Munch and Ulysses Munoz / BSMG)
  • Academy participants get their facts straight in court simulation
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Academy participants get their facts straight in court simulation

  • In Week 5 of the Citizens Police Academy, participants learned about testifying in court from an officer's standpoint, and it presents a whole different kind of pressure.
  • Citizens Police Academy Week 4: Dogs, drugs and 'the unknown' of traffic stops
CRIME
Citizens Police Academy Week 4: Dogs, drugs and 'the unknown' of traffic stops

  • For the second time in about a month, I was staring at gun that was being pointed at me. Time stopped, and I froze. The whole thing happened because of a "simple" traffic stop. I wasn't in any danger. The gun wasn't real, and the person pointing it at me was a police academy recruit. It was another...
  • Citizens Police Academy training program
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Citizens Police Academy training program

  • Amy Baker and Kalena Bartosvak work through a traffic stop scenario during the Citizens Police Academy training program Thursday at the Public Safety Training Center in Westminster.
  • Academy steers toward traffic stops, drug dogs
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Academy steers toward traffic stops, drug dogs

  • The scenario, held as part of the Citizens Police Academy run by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office and the Carroll County State's Attorney's Office, focused on traffic stops.
  • Citizens Police Academy Week 3: It's not like TV: A look at crime scenes and investigations
CRIME
Citizens Police Academy Week 3: It's not like TV: A look at crime scenes and investigations

  • Not all police work involves split-second decision-making when it comes to use of force. Some of it involves taking the time to investigate the minute details of a crime scene and collect evidence. Which is why the 14 other members of the class and I, while standing in a classroom at the Public...
  • Citizens Police Academy - Week 3
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Citizens Police Academy - Week 3

  • Carroll County Times reporter Heather Mongilio speaks with a member of the forensic services unit, Jessica Bullock, about week three of the Citizens Police Academy. (Dave Munch and Ulysses Munoz / BSMG)
  • Academy participants delve into fake crime scene
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Academy participants delve into fake crime scene

  • The third exercise in the Citizens Police Academy, which is run by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office and State's Attorney's Office, focused on taking the time to investigate the minute details of a crime scene and collect evidence.
  • Citizens Police Academy Week 2: To shoot or not to shoot: a look at use of force by officers
CRIME
Citizens Police Academy Week 2: To shoot or not to shoot: a look at use of force by officers

  • Part 2 in a series: Reporter Heather Mongilio will be attending each class of the Citizens Police Academy to write a first-person series about her experiences as a participant. After each class, she'll write an article about what the 15-student class learned, with input from other students, teachers...








  • Citizens Police Academy participants learn about use of force






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Citizens Police Academy participants learn about use of force

  • Over the course of several weeks, we are given a unique chance to see what it's like to be a deputy, from the gear they wear to conducting search warrants to testifying in court. This week was use of force.
  • Citizens Police Academy Week 1: Tactical van, hostage situation






LOCAL
Citizens Police Academy Week 1: Tactical van, hostage situation

  • More than a dozen people crammed inside a large tactical van owned by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office on Thursday night at the Public Safety Training Facility in Westminster. Of the people inside, though, only one was a deputy with the Sheriff's Office — the rest were civilians. This was the...
  • Sheriff's Office shows tactical gear, armored vehicle







PHOTO GALLERIES
Sheriff's Office shows tactical gear, armored vehicle

  • More than a dozen people crammed inside a large tactical van owned by the Carroll County Sheriff's Office on Thursday night at the Public Safety Training Facility in Westminster.
  • Sheriff's Office, State's Attorney's Office start Citizens' Police Academy






LOCAL
Sheriff's Office, State's Attorney's Office start Citizens' Police Academy

  • The Carroll County's Sheriff's Office and the State's Attorney's Office have partnered to create the county's first Citizens' Police Academy. The program will begin in April and last approximately eight weeks, according to a news release from the Sheriff's Office. The Citizens' Police Academy is...
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