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“On the first day, Captain

Bergquist asked the kids how

many wanted to be police

officers,” Deputy Chief Oakman
said. “Two raised their hand.

Then he asked them the next

day, and it was five. On Friday,
it was almost the entire

class.”

Deputy Chief Oakman said from forensic science at the Crime Lab to how
the 12-to-15-year-old age group 911 calls are handled to the Canine Unit. They
also got to participate in police training for
was unique to target because tactics like building searches and handcuffing.

most other police cadet and

explorer programs don’t start
until the late teens. Members of

the Employment Unit believed

most youths’ minds are made up

about police by that point.

The Youth Academy had three sessions:
Employment Unit officers spent April and
at East Patrol, South Patrol and the Police
May going to public middle and charter schools
Academy. The curriculum was much like that of
recruiting for the Youth Academy. A majority of
the Citizens Police Academy, but condensed into
those they visited were in the urban core.
one week. Students learned about everything
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