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Citizens Police Academy

Fred Lynch
Saturday, March 5, 2016

Citizens experience what it's like to be a police officer at the Citizens Police Academy on Saturday, March 5, 2016 in Cape Girardeau.

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    Judge Gary Kamp tries to control the situation in a scenario at the Citizens Police Academy on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Central Junior High School.
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    Cape Girardeau Police Sgt. Darren Estes gives final instructions to participants in the Citizens Police Academy on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Central Junior High School. (Fred Lynch)
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    Missy Phegley tries to control an unruly crowd gathered around an actor playing drunk girl who passed out downtown during a scenario in the Citizens Police Academy on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Central Junior High School. (Fred Lynch)
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    Patrick Koetting handles a scenario of a hostage situation at the Citizens Police Academy on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Central Junior High School. (Fred Lynch)
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    Patrick Koetting approaches a mock hostage situation while participating in the Citizens Police Academy on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Central Junior High School. (Fred Lynch)
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    Brad McKlin plays a bad guy in a scenario with Carol Childers, right, and Angel Woodruff during the Citizens Police Academy on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Central Junior High School. (Fred Lynch)
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    A simulated bullet left paint on the vest of a participant in the Citizens Police Academy on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Central Junior High School. (Fred Lynch)
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    Cape Girardeau Police patrolman Jon Ortmann portrayed an aggressor in a scenario at the Citizens Police Academy on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Central Junior High School.
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    Judge Gary Kamp confronts the aggressor in a scenario at the Citizens Police Academy on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Central Junior High School.
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    The aggressor charges toward Judge Gary Kamp in a scenario at the Citizens Police Academy on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Central Junior High School.
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    The attacker overpowers Judge Gary Kamp, demonstrating the "21-Foot Rule" during a scenario at the Citizens Police Academy on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Central Junior High School. The rule states that an attacker with a knife can cover a distance of 21 feet in the time it takes an average police officer to recognize a threat, draw his service weapon and fire two rounds at center mass.