Clergy and Police Partnership Training

The training unit also coordinates the training program for the Clergy and Police Partnership (CAPP).

The CAPP Academy is a ten week program designed to educate and familiarize local clergy members in the organization, function, mission, and operations of the police department. This program utilizes interested local clergy as partners to assist the Beaumont Police Department in meeting needs in this community. Graduates of this program participate as ride-along support with patrol officers assisting as needed in situations where officers are unable or not trained to provide assistance. Interested clergy must apply and be selected by the Chief of Police to participate.



Clergy and Police Partnership Application

The Beaumont Police Department Clergy and Police Partnership (CAPP) was created to provide a means for local clergy and their congregations to work in partnership with the police department to serve the citizens of Beaumont. This organization was formed recognizing that clergy and their congregations bring unique faith-based resources that can be an assistance in emergency and crisis situations which include personnel and facilities. Some of the goals for CAPP are:

Assist the police in nontraditional roles.

Assist in domestic or other situations where a minister is requested

Offer support to victims

Provide calm in crisis situations to prevent an escalation of violence

Relay factual information back to the neighborhoods using your established networks during emergency situations

Emergency and Disaster response

Members of this organization are volunteers who apply for membership and are selected by the Chief of Police and serve at his direction. Applicants must be recognized clergy or ministers (which may include lay ministers) of any denomination from a standing congregation with affiliation in the City of Beaumont. Police Department personnel will conduct background checks of CAPP applicants which the Chief of Police will review before approving a member.

In order to be participating member of CAPP you must attend a Minister’s Police Academy which is a 10 week, three hours per week, training class designed especially for clergy, pastors, and ministers to indoctrinate you on the workings of the police department and the criminal justice system. After graduation from this course you will ride-along with a designated officer to complete your training before you begin functioning in an official capacity as a CAPP member.

Upon becoming a CAPP member you will be expected to participate in a scheduled ride-along of at least four hours every two months and attend scheduled CAPP meetings.