Police Academy gives peek behind curtain at YPD
At the first meeting of the Yale Police Department’s fourth annual Citizen’s Police Academy on Tuesday night, an enthusiastic group of Yale and New Haven community members gathered to learn first-hand about the structure and operations of the YPD.
Although attendees at the weekly session, the first of six to be held at YPD headquarters on Ashmun Street, came for a variety of reasons, officials said they sought to transform the audience into safety and security activists in their communities.
“Welcome to our home,” YPD Chief James Perrotti said to the crowd. “We’re here to...
