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Article: Junior Police Academy opens doors
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- February 22, 2006
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EAST PALO ALTO -- Chief Ron Davis believes that children are the
future.
Struggling to fill six officer vacancies in his police department -
- including the position formerly held by Officer Richard May, who
was killed in the line of duty last month -- Davis gratefully
welcomed 12 students to the first Junior Police Academy on Tuesday
afternoon.
"I hope some of you have the dream to come join us in the Police
Department," he said, addressing the Cesar Chavez Elementary School
classroom.
The middle school students, who also hail from Costao Elementary
School and McNair Academy, have already displayed the courage sought
by the department, just by joining the eight-week, after-school ...