The Citizen's Police Academy is an 8 week program hosted annually by the Benton Police Department that offers citizens in the community a glimpse of what police work is all about. Some of the areas that citizens are instructed in include:
* Organization & function of the department
* Traffic stops
* Crime scene investigation
* Patrol division
* Accident investigation
* DWI investigation
* Narcotics & the K9 program
* Firearms
* Crime prevention
* School resource officer
For more information on the citizen's police academy program please contact Lt. Quinton Jackson at 501-776-5948.