Gloucester Twp. Police to Host First Junior Police Academy

Gloucester Township Police Department will host its first Junior Police Academy this summer. 

There will be two sessions—the first for kids ages 10-12, the second for kids ages 13-15. The cost is $125 per child.

The police department wants to continue to build its partnership with township youth, and is hopeful the Junior Police Academy sessions will help achieve that goal.

Is your child interested in a career in law enforcement? Then this may be the perfect way to get them off the Xbox and keep them busy a few days this summer.

The junior cadets will partake in physical fitness daily, learn about the police department, participate in K-9 and Special Response Team demonstrations, discuss drug prevention and crime-scene investigations with trained officers, and much more.  

The first session will be held July 9 through July 13, and is for children ages 10-12. The second session will be held July 16 through July 20, and is for teens ages 13-15.

The Junior Police Academy will be held 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. each week. Children can be dropped off and picked up from the police station at the Chews Landing Road municipal complex.

Space is limited and the cutoff date for registrations is fast approaching. Please visit the Gloucester Township Recreation Center, located on Broadacres Drive, to sign up for the Junior Police Academy and all summer camp programs.

For more information, call the police department's Community Relations Bureau at 856-228-4011.