photo by: Chris Conde/Journal-World

Teens learn about bullet trajectories during the Lawrence Police Department's Teen Police Academy on July 24, 2024, at the department's training center at 4820 Bob Billings Parkway.

The Lawrence Police Department opened registration on Wednesday for its youth and teen summer camps.

Lawrence Police Camp and Teen Police Academy give kids a chance to meet officers, to learn about investigative techniques and to see how law enforcement works in the community. The camps are broken up into age groups for children ages 9-13 and teens ages 14-18, according to a release from the department.

The Police Camp for ages 9-13 is scheduled for two sessions, with the first on June 4-6 and the second on July 16-18, at Billy Mills Middle School, 2734 Louisiana St. For more information, email Officer Bailey Salsbury at Bailey.Salsbury@usd497.org.

Click this link to register: https://bit.ly/PoliceCamp2025

The Teen Police Academy will be at Lawrence Police Department Training Center, 4820 Bob Billings Parkway on June 9-21 and July 21- Aug. 2. The teen academy is a more in-depth program that includes tours of multiple law enforcement facilities and detailed programs about crime in the world today. For more information, call 785-764-6954 or email SRO@lkpd.org

Click this link to register: https://bit.ly/LKPDTeen