Monday is the deadline for area teens to register for the Hodgenville Police Department’s Teen Citizens Police Academy.
Hodgenville Police Chief James Richardson says the Teen Citizens Police Academy covers all of the same topics as the academy hosted for adults.
“We’ll give them introductions to the officers, and an introduction to our cadets that are in our cadet program,” Richardson said. “We’ll introduce them to the facility, the equipment we use, the process and stuff we go through. Our policies, procedures, we’ll talk about use of force, and all of that culminates with a trip to the Elizabethtown Police Department where they have been gracious enough to allow us to use their use of force simulator.”
Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from their peers as the Teen CPA is hosted by the HPD’s cadets, and the presentations will relate the missions of the police department to issues facing area youth.
“It kind of helps them open their eyes to exactly what it means to be the police, and when they see stuff on the news they can be like ‘Yeah, I’ve been there. I understand what’s going on,’” Richardson said. “Have a little bit better understanding.”
The deadline to register for the Teen CPA is Monday, December 9 at 4 p.m.
“Anybody is welcome to join, ages 15 to 18,” Richardson said. “If they are LaRue County residents, of course they’ll get first dibs, but anybody outside of LaRue County is more than welcome to apply and we’ll take the first 10 to 15 kids we get.”
The application is available at www.hodgenvillepd.com, or contact the HPD for assistance.
