{"id":11888,"date":"2014-04-03T16:20:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T23:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=11888"},"modified":"2014-04-24T16:28:19","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T23:28:19","slug":"carlsbads-junior-police-academy-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=11888","title":{"rendered":"Carlsbad&#8217;s Junior Police Academy Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Jr-Police-Academy.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Jr-Police-Academy.jpg','popup','width=960,height=805,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Jr-Police-Academy-tm.jpg\" height=\"360\" width=\"430\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Jr Police Academy\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A total of 21 members of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bgccarlsbad.org\/\">Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad<\/a><\/strong> graduated from the Junior Police Academy on April 2. Geared for kids between the ages of 9 and 16, classes were designed in conjunction with the Carlsbad Police Department.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhen Club members donned their Junior Police Academy t-shirts, their demeanor changed,\u201d said Club Coordinator Anna Deluna. \u201cThe kids knew that by putting on that \u2018uniform,\u2019 they were to act with respect, honor, and dignity.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Junior Police Academy members attended six weekly lessons. Classroom topics included crime prevention, communicating with police officers, finger printing, an introduction to the Explorer program, social media precautions, and the K9 patrol. They also featured various guest speakers who gave insight as to the variety of services the police provides to the Carlsbad community.<!--more-->JUNIOR POLICE ACADEMY GRADUATES 21 YOUNGSTERS<\/p>\n<p>(April 3, 2014 \u2013 Carlsbad, CA)  A total of 21 members of the Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad graduated from the Junior Police Academy on April 2. Geared for kids between the ages of 9 and 16, classes were designed in conjunction with the Carlsbad Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Club members donned their Junior Police Academy t-shirts, their demeanor changed,\u201d said Club Coordinator Anna Deluna. \u201cThe kids knew that by putting on that \u2018uniform,\u2019 they were to act with respect, honor, and dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Junior Police Academy members attended six weekly lessons. Classroom topics included crime prevention, communicating with police officers, finger printing, an introduction to the Explorer program, social media precautions, and the K9 patrol. They also featured various guest speakers who gave insight as to the variety of services the police provides to the Carlsbad community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned that police officers spend most of their time protecting citizens,\u201d said 11 year old Dylan. \u201cIt was a great experience, and taught me about leadership and the importance of safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad has played an integral role in the Carlsbad community since 1952, providing programs and services to thousands of young people. Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad invites you to tour their Clubhouses, and see how lives are changed on a daily basis. The organization is nearly 100% funded by local donors. For more information, call (760) 729-0207, email info@bgccarlsbad.org, or visit www.bgccarlsbad.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 21 members of the Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad graduated from the Junior Police Academy on April 2. Geared for kids between the ages of 9 and 16, classes were designed in conjunction with the Carlsbad Police Department. \u201cWhen Club members donned their Junior Police Academy t-shirts, their demeanor changed,\u201d said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11888"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11906,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11888\/revisions\/11906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}