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Forget about every cop show you've seen on TV.
At the Police Training Institute's Citizen Police Academy,
participants get to see first-hand what it's like to be a cop
in Champaign County. They see the exciting stuff -
guns, TASERS, and riot gear. But they also learn
that the biggest part of police work
is building relationships with citizens.
Urbana Assistant Chief of Police Pat Connolly says that is what makes communities safer.