S. Lake Tahoe offering Citizens Academy
South Lake Tahoe is accepting applications for the fall Citizens Academy.
The free academy will be on consecutive Wednesdays from 5:30-8pm beginning Oct. 8 through Nov. 12.
It is an interactive course designed to provide residents with an in-depth look into municipal government, as well as, information about the services and programs of the city. This course is open to all community members.
Academy participants will:
- Learn about city government operations and services.
- Participate in dialogue with city leaders, city staff and other civic-minded residents.
- See taxpayers’ investments at work.
- Expand their knowledge and become more informed on current and proposed projects within the city.
- Learn about opportunities to become more involved and help build a sustainable community.
- Receive first-hand information and have the chance to ask questions on any topic at the end of each session.
Participants are required to complete an application by Sept. 26 at 5pm. Applications and the course outline are online.
This sounds, as always, like a great program to introduce folks to law enforcement in a way that the media usually fails entirely.
But I have to wonder (and it doesn’t seem to be mentioned in the article) whether the program is being put on by EDSO, which is usually thought of as the senior agency in South Lake Tahoe, or SLTPD, which has for years been the lead and most competent investigative agency in the Tahoe Basin, which almost everyone in law enforcement acknowledges, including most of the Federal Agencies.
Considering the current City attack on their public safety employees, it seems to me that, without clarifying the source, this program might likely be more public relations than actual public education.