Ocean Township Looking For Recruits For Junior Police Academy This Summer

Want to learn what it's like to be cop?

Then get your application in as soon as possible for the Ocean Township Police Department's week long Junior Police Academy slated for the last week in June.

The popular program will run from 8 a.m. t0 4 p.m. beginning on June 26 through June 30.

The Junior Police Academy is not a “boot camp” for troubled youth, but a camp designed to operate like an actual police academy. Participants must be a current 4th, 5th, or 6th grade student. Students who have attended the academy in a previous year are also eligible.

"The objective of the Junior Police Academy is to educate the recruits with various police procedures, history of law enforcement and familiarization with numerous specialty units within the law enforcement field such as police K-9, special weapons and tactics (S.W.A.T.), traffic safety, haz-mat and emergency management, motorcycle patrol, Bicycle Patrol and Criminal Investigations, according the department's Facebook page. The curriculum will consist of educational activities as well as physical training."

Participants must be a resident of Ocean Township (Waretown)

Enrollment is limited, due to the overwhelming response over the past five years. Acceptance is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The application process is broken up into two parts. First, complete the first part of the application, then turn it into the police department at 50 Railroad Avenue in Waretown.

If the recruit is deemed eligible, they will be given a medical release to be completed by his or her physician. The cost of the Junior Police Academy is $75.

For more information, please contact Detective Sgt. Michal Rogalski at ext. 310 or Lt. Scott Murphy at ext.307 at 609-693-4007.

Image: Courtesy of Ocean Township Police Department.