
With
a
full
roster
of
student
cadets,
police
officers
from
the
Prince
William
County
Police
Department
(PD)
who
support
PWCS
as
school
resource
officers
(SROs),
worked
with
community
organizations
to
launch
the
first
Junior
Police
Academy.
Thanks
to
the
commitment
of
dedicated
parents,
24
Kilby
Elementary
School
fourth
graders
spent
their
first
week
of
summer
attending
the
police
academy.
On
some
of
the
days,
they
boarded
a
bus
to
various
PD
locations
in
the
county
to
experience
a
crime
scene
investigation,
including
evidence
processing
and
forensics;
watch
a
mounted
horse
patrol
demonstration;
and
learn
about
vehicle
crash
investigations.
On
other
days,
officers
brought
hands-on
activities
to
the
school.
"Parents
were
so
invested;
we
had
four
parent
volunteers
join
us
each
day,
and
20
parents
were
even
able
to
attend
for
graduation,"
said
Vicky
Castro,
social
worker
at
Kilby
Elementary,
who
helped
the
SROs
coordinate
the
program.
"The
SROs
developed
the
daily
presentations
and
found
community
partnerships
to
provide
lunch
every
day.
They
also
provided
funds
for
student
t-shirts
and
paid
for
transportation.
We
are
all
very
happy
with
the
results."