FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT |
Date: July 15, 2012 | Trooper Mike Link |
Time: 10:25 a.m. | 618.346.3524 - Office |
618.973.3050 - Cell | |
mike.link@isp.state.il.us |
Media Advisory
WHAT: TeamIllinois Youth Police Camp Check-in
WHEN: Sunday, July 15, 2012, at 12:45 p.m.
WHERE: Alton Mental Health Center (Willow Building)
4500 College Avenue
Alton, IL 62002
The primary purpose of the camp is to establish inter-personal relations between youth and law enforcement in order to create a better understanding of the problems and attitudes of both groups.
The camp is a highly structured week-long residency camp for teenagers age 13 – 15. It will be based upon a military model of discipline and includes para-military drills, physical fitness exercises, drug abuse resistance education, team building principles, and other life enhancing skills
Cadets will graduate on Saturday, July 21, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. The graduation will take place at Calvary Baptist Church in Alton, Illinois. The church is located at 1422 Washington Avenue.
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