On behalf of the leadership of the Junior Police Academy, greetings. As many of you know, or will hopefully soon discover, leading a youth program, even one as flexible and accommodating as the Junior Police Academy, requires enthusiasm and a bit of planning. Leveraging 20 years of experience, this manual is your all in one handbook and reference guide.
Greetings PHILLIP LECONTE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
This manual speaks in an informal voice, my own. My wish is to keep the text readable and the ideas clear. Comprehensive, yet [mercifully] concise, “JPA: The Leadership Manual” will help you will build the foundation upon which you will lay proud claim to the most dynamic and democratically vital profession in the world – American law enforcement. Along the way you will be hearing from the many law enforcement officers who pioneered the Junior Police Academy.
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Just as they have over the past 20 years, they will be interrupting me from time to time to explain how they broke or rewrote each rule and procedure stated herein – creating something uniquely, wonderfully their own. That is, after all, the promise of the Junior Police Academy, to bring young people and police officers together and then stand back. The essential quality of what happens next cannot be found in this or any other manual.
It defies description. I do know it has the power to transcend the distance that once defined cops and kids with a brand of idealism that’s uniquely American and, at least to my way of thinking, essential to both liberty and democracy – an enthusiasm for justice! Phillip LeConte Executive Director
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