Junior Police Academy

an enthusiasm for justice

Junior Police Academyan enthusiasm for justice

The Junior Police Academy is built on a simple, yet powerful foundation: when law enforcement officers and young people are brought together, great things start to happen!

T H E E N G I N E

The program taps into something as old as the law enforcement profession itself; one that goes all the way back to the first time a father put on a police uniform and stood before his children.

Frame that image in your mind and glimpse the engine that powers JPA: 

• for youth, someone to champion justice; • for the police officer, someone worth fighting for.

Together young people and police officers generate a uniquely American brand of idealism essential to both liberty and democracy – an enthusiasm for justice!

S I M P L E & P O W E R F U L

This is, after all, the simple yet powerful central theme of the Junior Police Academy:

Police officers are the pillars of a democracy; a noble extension of our

national identity.

Idealistic? Perhaps, but the ideals of one generation quickly become the artifacts of the next, unless kept vital. JPA instills these very principles of American justice into the classroom – to be put to useful purpose by the next generation.

S P A N N I N G A G E N E R A T I O N

Now in its 20th year, the Junior Police Academy's impact can be measured across an entire generation of graduating cadets.

Today, there are citizens across the country who better understand their civic responsibilities because of JPA – empowered to contribute to the life of their community and their country in ways that enhance public safety and solve problems.

A D V A N C E D C I T I Z E N S H I P

"In this country, we are called to an 'advanced citizenship' which can only be realized when young citizens understand that they are stake-holders in our democracy," said JPA Advisory Council member Chief Tom Clemons.  "The Junior

Police Academy often marks the start of a young person actively assuming their lifelong role as informed citizens – extending the program’s true impact far into the future."

T H E E S S E N T I A L I N G R E D I E N T

At the Junior Police Academy, we believe that public safety officers provide an ideal role model for mutual respect, tolerance and the peaceful resolution of conflict.

We invite you to catch the spirit of JPA and give reality to a noble historic tradition: police are the public and the public are the police.

The Junior Police Academy stands on the shoulders of exceptional individuals at the local level – school resource officers, middle school principals, teachers, parents and Chiefs of Police – individuals who bear witness to the power of stepping beyond what is required.”

“Our instructors understand that the best way to reach young people is to be present and to be honest. The program communicates that simple, yet powerful message:  ‘I am here because I care and because you are important to this community’”.

“An entire generation of young Americans need to hear those words.”

Phillip LeConteJPA Co-Founder

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