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# Citizen cops to graduate By Daily Press staff
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/citizen-cops-to-graduate-by-daily-press-staff/
- Published: 2004-01-12T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T03:30:40.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Crime, Santa Monica, #archive-import

The 19th class of the Santa Monica Police Department’s Citizen Police Academy will graduate its first television star this month.

Longtime Santa Monica resident and patron of the SMPD’s mounted patrol unit, June Lockhart, who starred in “Lassie” and “Lost in Space,” will graduate with 17 other classmates on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at Shutters on the Beach Hotel at 6:30 p.m.

The SMPD Citizen Academy began on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003\. The academy, which is run by SMPD’s community-relations unit, is offered twice a year and is free to Santa Monica residents, students or employees.

The 11-week program, one night per week for three hours, gives participants an overview of the department’s functions, responsibilities and operational procedures. Classes are taught by police officers, police executives and highly specialized non-sworn employees of the SMPD.

Included in the course are demonstrations, discussions, lectures and personal participation in mock exercises. Units involved include the defensive tactics team, metro team, K-9, traffic enforcement and internal affairs. Participants also receive an extensive tour of the new Public Safety Facility, where a majority of the classes were held.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 12, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/011204.pdf?ref=smdp.com)