Editor’s note: For the next two weeks, Editor in Chief Kevin Herrera will be writing a first-person account of what it’s like to be enrolled in the Santa Monica Police Department’s Citizen Police Academy, which is intended to foster better communication between Santa Monicans and police officers, while giving residents a better understanding of what it takes to preserve the peace.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 3, 2008. Read the original PDF.