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ATTACHMENT A 2011-DJ-BX-2532 <br />¦ Priority is given to individuals on the current waiting list, referrals from employees and past <br />participants and individuals who work or live within the City of Irvine. The program is not <br />recommended for individuals considering law enforcement as a career or police and city employees. <br />Applicants are subject to a background check that includes fingerprints and a check for warrants. <br />• The Community Police Academy will utilize instructors comprised of department executives, veteran <br />police officers and personnel who teach in their own areas of expertise. Each instructor- has years of <br />training and experience in their field and sworn officers provide street experience into the classroom. <br />Participants will have the opportunity to meet the Police Chief, Command Staff, and police officers <br />assigned to geographic areas of the City. <br />¦ Graduates are encouraged to join the "Community Police Academy Alumni Association" a 501(3)(c) <br />non-profit corporation located in the City of Irvine to bring together graduates of the Community <br />Police Academy of Irvine to enhance the relation between the community and the Irvine Police <br />Department. <br />¦ The Community Police Academy Alumni Association is managed and coordinated by a 6-person <br />Board of Directors consisting of President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Membership <br />Chairman and Past President. The Community Police Academy Alumni Association is managed by <br />the Office of Professional Development Sergeant who attends monthly Board meetings. The alumni <br />members meet as a whole bi-monthly <br />¦ Detailed requests for volunteer assistance by Department personnel are made directly to the Volunteer <br />Coordinator in the Office of Professional Development who then distributes the requests to the <br />Community Police Academy Alumni Association for staffing. <br />¦ It is a strategy of the Community Police Academy program to encourage members to participate in <br />the Volunteers in Policing Patrol who have greater responsibilities, primarily non-hazardous duties, <br />which are currently being performed by patrol officers and civilian traffic investigators. <br />Proiect identifiers: <br />The Irvine Community Police Academy program serves to meet the following Justice Assistance Grant <br />Identifiers: <br />¦ Community Policing <br />¦ DARE <br />¦ Impaired Driving <br />¦ Policing <br />¦ Crime Prevention <br />¦ Law Related Education <br />2011-DJ-BX-2532 <br />Page 22 of 38 <br />20A-30