Kenmore
Junior High School Student Academy
The Kenmore Police
Department sponsors two Junior High Student Academy’s each school
year. The academy gives students an introduction to police work and
allows them an opportunity to interact with the officers and to participate
with several 'hands on' activities.
The classes are offered
in the fall and spring and are taught after school from 2:30 to 4:00
pm for seven weeks. Students will learn about the following subjects:
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Police
Patrol Procedures - Patrolling Kenmore’s street and
responding to emergencies are the core of our efforts to keep citizens
safe. In this class the students will learn the different ways we
patrol, how officers and dispatchers prioritize calls for service,
what equipment is in a police car and how officers train for patrol
work.
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Crime
Scene Investigations
- Students will talk with officers about investigation crimes like
stolen cars and burglaries. Each student will get to use a latent
fingerprint kit and will learn how to dust for fingerprints.
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Canine
- This is a great opportunity to meet some of our dogs and their human
partners. Our police dogs are incredibly hard workers and are very
valuable to police work. They track criminals, find missing people,
and use their noses to find drugs another evidence. You will learn
how we train them and why they are so special.
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Marine
Patrol - Did you know that Kenmore has 16,137 feet of shoreline
along Lake Washington, and the police enforce the laws on the water?
In this class you will meet the officers who patrol the lake. Find
out what it’s like to ride the waves, save swimmers and boaters,
and make sure people are safe on our lakes. Bonus - students will
get to go for a ride on one of the marine patrol boats as part of
the class.
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Major
Accident Response and Reconstruction (MARR)
- Some detectives respond to traffic accidents and determine what
happened by using math, computers, and other tools. You will learn
how they do their work.
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Traffic
Enforcement - Kenmore has it’s own traffic officer.
Find out how important traffic enforcement is and see the types of
radars and how they work. You will get a chance to operate a radar
gun.
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Air Unit
- Students will find out how police work is done in the air. The King
County Sheriff’s helicopter, Guardian One, will fly out to the
school and land on the football field so each student can see all
of the equipment and learn how important an eye in the sky can be.
Interested Kenmore
Junior High students are required to fill out an application, which
are available at the school office. Office Childers, the school principal
and counselors screen each applicant. Each class is limited to a maximum
of twelve students. Students must have their parent’s permission
and arrange for their own transportation home.
If you have any questions
please contact Officer Childers at (206) 296-5020.
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