About 60 students from Topeka Public Schools and surrounding
areas participated in the School Resource Officer Camp at French Middle School
last week.
During the week-long program, students toured the police station,
learned about police work, and participated in demonstrations utilizing crime
scene forensic techniques such as fingerprinting, shoe printing and DNA analysis.
The kids got to drive golf carts while wearing fatal vision goggles that
simulate impaired driving, and a K-9 unit visited so the students could witness
a simulated a locker search.
Other specialty units, like an armored truck and a
motorcycle unit were also on hand. Sgt. Jennifer Cross of the Topeka Police
Department said, “It’s really neat for the kids to see how precise they are
with motorcycles, and what they’re capable of.”
Thanks to the Topeka Police Department for making this event
possible--- the kids clearly had a great time and learned a lot!
