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We'd Like to Thank the Academy
Season	5
Episode	13
Air Date	December 8, 2010
Written by	Bill Callahan Todd Harthan
Directed by	Tawnia McKiernan
Guests	Doron Bell Jr. Ralph Macchio
Previous episode	"Dual Spires"
Next episode	"The Polarizing Express"

Shawn and Gus enroll in the police academy in order to brush up on police procedure following a reprimand from the SBPD. The training doesn't stick as Chief Vick had planned, however.