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City of Lawton taking applications for Citizens Academy
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LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - The city of Lawton will be holding their second Citizens Academy in July.
The Citizens Academy is a free, interactive program meant to to familiarize citizens with the roles, services and operation that comprise the Lawton City Government.
The course spans 14 weeks, held for two hours weekly at City Hall, and includes site visits, as well as overviews of every major department within the City of Lawton.
“It is important that we take advantage of every opportunity to educate our citizens on how their tax dollars are being spent,” City Manager Michael Cleghorn said. “We are incredibly excited to start this program back up.”
City of Lawton to launch second Citizens Academy
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LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - The city of Lawton has released applications for its 2021 Citizens Academy. The program debuted in 2019 but was put on hold in 2020 due to the pandemic. With COVID-19 numbers now decreasing officials say it’s safe to move forward with the program this year.
Academy classes will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays from July 19th through October 28th at City Hall.
A few criteria must be met for participants to enroll. They must be 18 years or older, must be able to provide their own transportation and must be either a citizen of Lawton, own their own business in Lawton or work full time in Lawton.
“domestic violent extremists” are
“really adaptive and innovative,” not only
“moving to encrypted platforms,” but speaking in opaque language online to avoid detection – thus apparently necessitating intensive monitoring of even innocent-seeming communications.
The new policy, if adopted, would “
likely be beneficial” to both the DHS and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which likewise
“can’t monitor US citizens in this way without first getting a warrant or having the pretext of an ongoing investigation.”
As with so many recent calls for enhanced surveillance powers and crackdowns on encryption, the January 6 Capitol Hill riot was invoked as the inspiration behind the push. CNN alleged that an