A local resident completed training today for the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Junior Cadet Program held June 25-29, 2017 at the Highway Patrol Training Academy in Columbus. A local resident, Koleton Porter, was one of 40 Junior Cadet participants selected from applications submitted by young men and women who attended Buckeye Boys and Girls State earlier this month, exhibited exemplary performance throughout the previous school year, or eligible children of Patrol employees who will be high school seniors this year.
The Junior Cadet Program is designed to give young people better insight into the challenges faced by law enforcement officers by enabling them to experience a typical week at the Training Academy. To enhance their learning experience, Junior Cadets are required to stay at the Training Academy, sleeping in the dormitories and dining in the cafeteria. While at the Academy, they gain knowledge from Patrol Academy staff regarding crash investigation, officer/violator contacts, self-defense tactics, K-9 operations, emergency vehicle operations, motorcycle operations, impaired driver apprehension and military drill.
Colonel Paul A. Pride, Superintendent, presented graduation certificates to the young men and women who participated in the Junior Cadet Program at a ceremony held today at the Training Academy. Family and friends of the cadets were also in attendance.
