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\"\"<\/a>The first class of the Elkton Police Department\u2019s Citizen Police Academy kicked off this evening, as members of the force welcomed 10 students to the program.\u00a0 The training academy gives participants a chance to get to know the operation of the department.\u00a0 \u00a0I was pleased to be invited to the initial session to talk about the history of municipal policing in Elkton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first class of the Elkton Police Department\u2019s Citizen Police Academy kicked off this evening, as members of the force welcomed 10 students to the program.\u00a0 The training academy gives participants a chance to get to know the operation of the department.\u00a0 \u00a0I was pleased to be invited to the initial session to talk about…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-programs"],"yoast_head":"\nTalking About History of Municipal Policing to Citizen Police Academy - Mike's History Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I use this blog as a place to share my experiences while practicing the history craft. 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