Wausau Police Department hosts a Citizen’s Academy twice a year. The purpose of the Academy is to expose interested citizens to the work of our Departmental Personnel. It consists of class one night a week, for eight weeks, for 2 ½ hours per class. Below is the Fall Course Schedule. If you’re interested in getting signed up for the Fall or Spring classes, please fill out and sumbit our Citizen’s Academy application form.  Priority will be given first to those who live and work in the City Of Wausau, then to the Metro area.

Spring 2012 Training Schedule

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March 15, 2012 (6:00-08:30 pm)
Welcome, Department History, Recruitment, Field Training, Department Tour
Presenters: Chief Hardel and Lieutenant Heindel

March 22, 2012 (6:00-08:30 pm)
Dangerous Drugs
Presenters: Lt. Barnes/SIU Investigators

April 5, 2012(6:00-08:30 pm)   
Gangs (6:00 – 7:30)
K-9 Demonstration (7:30 – 8:30)
Presenters: Officer LaPorte, Officer Baeten and Officer Jaeger

April 12, 2012 (6:00-08:30 pm)
Tour of Marathon County Dispatch and Jail
Presenters: Marathon County Sheriff’s Department

April 19, 2012 (6:00-08:30 pm)
OWI Investigations
Presenter: Officer Felder

April 26, 2012 (6:00-08:30 pm)
Detective Bureau/Computer Crimes
Presenters: Captain Hagenbucher

May 3, 2012 (6:00-08:30 pm)
Defense and Arrest Tactics/Taser
Presenter: Officer Porath

May 10, 2012 (6:00-08:30 pm)
Firearms/Deadly Force
Presenters: Officer Taylor

May 17, 2012 (6:00-08:30 pm)
Graduation Ceremony