The Allentown Police Department is proud to announce the first ever Senior Citizens Police Academy. The program is designed to educate senior citizens, not only on the operations of the Allentown Police Department, but how to recognize scams and fraud effecting senior citizens today. The application process for the 2019 Senior Citizen’s Police Academy (for those 65 and older) will open Tuesday October 1st, 2019 and be accepted until 3:00 pm on Tuesday October 15th, 2019.

Our Senior Citizen’s Academy will run from November 11th through December 2nd, 2019. The academy classes will be held at the Lehigh Valley Active Life center located at 1633 West Elm Street, Allentown, PA 18102, Monday evenings from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

Topics will include:

For questions, contact Sgt. Jim Gress at 610.437.7767 or via email.

Class will be limited to 30 students. Allentown residents and Crime Watch group members will be given priority.