Neighborhood Watch Academy graduates 20

Riverside, Ca- The Riverside Police Department will graduate its second Neighborhood Watch Academy class, with 20 new community leaders wrapping up eight weeks of comprehensive training with the Community Policing Unit.

Class Two of the Neighborhood Watch Academy will be graduating this Thursday, November 30, 2006, at 6 p.m., at California School for the Deaf – Riverside, 3044 Horace St., the host site for the Academy’s second session. The graduating leaders, of all ages, are from the following neighborhoods: Arlington Heights, Canyon Crest, La Sierra, La Sierra Hills, La Sierra South, Northside, Orangecrest, Presidential Park, Victoria and Wood Streets. As of November 30, 2006, the Neighborhood Watch Academy will have graduated a total of 64 community leaders.

The next Neighborhood Watch Academy session begins March 28, 2007, at the Riverside Police Department’s new Magnolia Station, 15040-B Magnolia Ave. City of Riverside residents may contact Tina Shook of the RPD Community Policing Team at (951) 353-7689, or by email at: tshook@riversideca.gov.

• WHO: Riverside Police Department Community Policing Team

• WHAT: Neighborhood Watch Academy, 2nd Graduating Class

• WHEN: Thursday, November 30, 2006, at 6 p.m.

• WHERE: California School for the Deaf – Riverside, 3044 Horace St., Riverside