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AmericanPoliceOfficer:New Course in Character Education from the Junior Police Academy

SUMMARY:Junior Police Academy, a leading provider of police programming for youth, is pleased to announce the launch of “American Police Officer”, a new course in character education.

FAST FACTS: Nearly 600 police departments have requested the program which is being distributed this summer from JPA’s national headquarters in Austin, Texas.

The course is free to police departments and schools.

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New Course Explores Good Character Through the Eyes of American Law Enforcement

The Junior Police Academy, a nationwide youth program, is pleased to announce the launch of American Police Officer, a new course in character education.  

Taught in middle school by school resource officers, American Police Officer recognizes that police officers are uniquely qualified not only to teach, but also to inspire good character in our youth.

“To truly inspire good character, you have to put kids in the room with it,” said Phillip LeConte, JPA Executive Director. “Over the past twenty years, the Junior Police Academy has been doing just that – proactively bringing young people and law enforcement professionals together.”  

Styled after an actual police academy, the course explores the meaning and consequences of good character as seen through the eyes of law enforcement professionals – teaching students both the skills and the virtues needed to be informed and productive citizens.

Good Character Detectives To pass the course, students must take the “JPA Good Character Challenge” –  a project

which requires students to seek-out people from their community who exemplify the course’s seven core good character traits:  Justice, Diligence, Courage, Generosity, Integrity, Enthusiasm and Wisdom.

“While the course provides students a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into good character against the momentous backdrop of law enforcement; we end with the Challenge, revealing these traits at work in the students’ own life,” added LeConte, who authored the course.

Pilot Programs Begin in FallNearly 600 police departments have requested American Police Officer, which is being

distributed this summer from JPA’s national headquarters in Austin, Texas. Starting this fall, several cities will serve as pilot programs for American Police Officer, including Austin, Texas, Sheboygan, Wisconsin and Oblong, Illinois.

The course is free to police departments and schools.

Now in its 20th year, 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.

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• American Police Officer is a new course in character building from the Junior Police Academy.

• The program is an extension of the Junior Police Academy’s central philosophy:  To truly inspire good character, you have to put kids in the room with it!  Over the past twenty years, the Junior Police Academy has been doing just that – proactively bringing young people and law enforcement professionals together.

• Preparing young people to be responsible citizens is the obligation of adult citizens in the United States. This means providing young people with not only vocational skills, but also the qualities of character that make possible a life of dignity.

• The students examine how American law enforcement officers put good character to the extreme test to meet the challenges of public safety.

• Through the course students gain a fundamental appreciation for how good character is vitally alive in the world around them.  

• Every community in the United States is brimming with excellent examples of good character. The problem is young people do not make the connection.

• Taught by SROs or community police officers, American Police Officer recognizes that police officers are uniquely qualified to inspire students.

• Police officers hold an advanced degree in good character! They can’t hang it on a wall, but they can put it into the classroom to inspire a new generation to time honored values.

• American Police Officer  culminates with the “JPA Good Character Challenge” –  a quest requiring students to do some detective work of their own.  

• Each student is assigned to be on the lookout for actions or deeds matching the description of Justice, Diligence, Courage, Generosity, Integrity, Enthusiasm and Wisdom. The Challenge is complete when the student selects someone who best exemplifies each trait.

• JPA has created the Good Character Challenge Pin, which is awarded to students at the end of the course for an exceptional act of good character, the exact nature of which is only revealed to students upon successfully completing the Challenge.

• Nearly 600 police departments have requested the program which is being distributed this summer from JPA’s national headquarters in Austin, Texas.

• The course is free to police departments and schools.

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