SIOUX CITY POLICE HAVE BEEN GIVING CITIZENS A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT OFFICERS DO ON THE JOB BY HOSTING A CITIZEN'S ACADEMY TWICE A YEAR.

CAPTAIN LISA CLAEYS IS ONE OF THE ACADEMY INSTRUCTORS FOR THE ELEVEN WEEK SESSIONS HELD ONE NIGHT PER WEEK:



THE FIRST CITIZEN'S ACADEMY WAS  HELD IN 1994 AND OVER 700 CITY RESIDENTS HAVE PARTICIPATED.

THE LATEST 24 MEMBERS WILL GRADUATE FROM THE 37TH ACADEMY CLASS TUESDAY NIGHT AT 7PM IN A CEREMONY AT THE SIOUX CITY PUBLIC MUSEUM.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NEXT ACADEMY, YOU MAY APPLY THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS FACEBOOK PAGE OR WEBSITE.

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY WILL BE REMEMBERED IN A SPECIAL CEREMONY AT NOON TODAY.

A MEMORIAL CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT NOON AT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL BETWEEN CITY HALL AND THE WOODBURY COUNTY COURTHOUSE ON DOUGLAS STREET.

NINE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S AND SIOUX CITY POLICE DEPARTMENTS WILL BE HONORED.

FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, CITY POLICE WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN THEIR HALL OF HISTORY MUSEUM ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF POLICE HEADQUARTERS.

TOURS WILL BE GIVEN BY OFFICERS TO SHOW OFF THE HISTORY OF THE SIOUX CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BOND HAS BEEN SET AT ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE SUSPECT CHARGED IN THE APRIL 29TH SHOOTING OF A SIOUX CITY POLICE OFFICER.

WOODBURY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES BROUGHT JAMAL DEAN TO THE COUNTY JAIL AROUND 1:!5PM FRIDAY.

DEAN WAS CAPTURED BY U.S. MARSHALS IN TEXAS AFTER FLEEING IOWA,

HE IS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR THE SHOOTING OF POLICE OFFICER KEVIN MCCORMICK DURING A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE WESTSIDE OF SIOUX CITY.

WOODBURY COUNTY SHERIFF DAVE DREW SENT FOUR DEPUTIES TO TEXAS WEDNESDAY EVENING TO RETRIEVE THE SUSPECT ONCE HE WAIVED EXTRADITION:



DEAN, WEARING A BULLET-PROOF VEST, SAID NOTHING AS HE WAS WALKED FROM A PATROL CAR INTO THE REAR ENTRANCE OF THE WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL.

HE MADE HIS INITIAL APPEARANCE BEFORE A JUDGE THROUGH THE JAIL'S VIDEO SYSTEM WHO APPOINTED A PUBLIC DEFENDER TO REPRESENT HIM.

HE IS ALSO FACING ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR ROBBERY, BURGLARY AND THEFT AND HAS HIS NEXT COURT APPEARANCE SET FOR MAY 20TH.

Control towers scheduled to close at airports in Sioux City, Dubuque and Waterloo will remain open through the end of September.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced in a statement Friday that there is enough money under a bill passed by Congress last month to keep the towers open through the end of the budget year on September 30.

The towers are three of 149 control towers at small low-traffic airports around the country that were slated to close on June 15. They are operated by contractors for the FAA.

The agency says the closures are part of plans to accommodate automatic spending cuts required by Congress.