Police Academy Funds Aid Persons Of Color In Becoming Officers - West Chester, PA - Brian Woodard got a scholarship for Police Academy training, in Chesco's effort to diversify law enforcement after 2020 BLM protests here.
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June 3, 2021
In the year following the march by 4,000 people to the Historic Chester County Courthouse for a June 4, 2020 Black Lives Matter rally, positive changes continue. Brian Woodard is experiencing that change, as the second recipient of a Municipal Police Academy scholarship – a program created as a result of the march and that focuses on diversifying law enforcement in Chester County.
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Woodard, a graduate of Philadelphia s Franklin Learning Center and father of two sons, has been accepted at Delaware County Community College s Municipal Police Academy and begins its full-time course this July. He said he has always wanted to become a law enforcement officer and currently works in security for the Phoenixville Area School District.