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Photo Gallery: Citizens Police Academy

Local residents step into the shoes of police officers

Cpl. Justin Samples, right, mouths off while being arrested by student Clay Chandler during a traffic stop scenario in the Statesboro Police Department's Citizens Police Academy. It was one of many scenarios created to give academy students a chance to be in the shoes of a police officer.

preview1 — Cpl. Justin Samples, right, mouths off while being arrested by student Clay Chandler during a traffic stop scenario in the Statesboro Police Department's Citizens Police Academy. It was one of many scenarios created to give academy students a chance to be in the shoes of a police officer.

Images from the Citizens Police Academy offer insight into the experience.

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