{"id":82306,"date":"2026-01-09T11:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/82306\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:54:09","slug":"does-your-kid-want-to-grow-up-to-be-a-cop-state-police-announce-lehigh-valley-summer-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/82306\/","title":{"rendered":"Does your kid want to grow up to be a cop? State police announce Lehigh Valley summer camp."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GIFS2TPQ3JGB5NZWTYZJTBGTSE\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/psp\/contact-psp\/psp-troop-directory\/troop-m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/psp\/contact-psp\/psp-troop-directory\/troop-m\">Pennsylvania State Police Troop M<\/a> will host its annual <a href=\"https:\/\/troopmcampcadet.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/troopmcampcadet.org\">Camp Cadet Program<\/a> from June 7 through June 12, 2026, at Camp Fowler in Orefield, giving young people a chance to experience life at a police academy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HZRDP2G74ZBEZFNZMZYTHVW3KY\">The overnight summer camp accepts boys and girls ages 12 to 15 and aims to introduce participants to the criminal justice system while building positive relationships between law enforcement and youth. Cadets will live in an environment modeled after an actual State Police Academy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3XVAR3ABCNEANLWZJYGPLZWGZU\">The program features presentations from municipal, state and federal law enforcement agencies. Participants will learn about teamwork, honesty and integrity while developing discipline and self-esteem to promote good decision-making.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HCL7IL54TRHBTI2KIXWS2ZGPPQ\">By the end of the week-long program, cadets will gain understanding of what it takes to become a police officer, according to the announcement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TVE7GBRO5FBTHLGMIKQQF4HHYU\">Registration opens Monday, Jan. 19, through the camp\u2019s website at <a href=\"https:\/\/troopmcampcadet.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/troopmcampcadet.org\">troopmcampcadet.org<\/a>. Camp Fowler is located at 5851 Horseshoe Road in Orefield, Lehigh County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QX72TBN24RDVNFKHXN463WF3II\">More information about Pennsylvania State Police is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/psp\/contact-psp\/psp-troop-directory\/troop-m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/psp\/contact-psp\/psp-troop-directory\/troop-m\">psp.pa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania State Police Troop M will host its annual Camp Cadet Program from June 7 through June 12,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[41476,119,121,120],"class_list":{"0":"post-82306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allentown","8":"tag-41476","9":"tag-allentown","10":"tag-allentown-headlines","11":"tag-allentown-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}