Sarasota News Leader
February 1, 2013
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es, go on tours, visit the gun range, mingle This is not a new idea. Sarasota Sheriff Tom
with special police teams and try their hands Knight offers such a course, and DiPino in
at simulated street confrontations.
her old job as police chief in Ocean City, MD,
oversaw one.
She hopes to begin recruiting students in
March, and they will be screened, she says. The academy could begin as early as May.
Sarasota City Manager Tom Barwin congratulates Police Chief Bernadette DiPino after her swearing in on Jan. 18. Photo courtesy of Jan Thornburg/City of Sarasota
