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Hackensack Police Department Youth Academy visits Joint Base MDL

Airmen from the U.S. Air Force 87th Security Forces Squadron pose for a picture with the Hackensack Police Department Youth Academy class, while holding a plaque being awarded for contributing their support to the organization, outside the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Police Headquarters on Joint Base MDL, Aug. 10, 2022. The Hackensack P.D. Youth Academy is a weeklong event that provides seventh to twelfth grade class participants the opportunity to learn about the experiences inside the military and police force. This event consists of showing demonstrations of various military drills, physical training exercises, and K-9 training and handling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Barney)

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Hackensack Police Department Youth Academy visits Joint Base MDL

Hackensack Police Department Det. Felix Katsaroans observes class participants of the Hackensack P.D. Youth Academy as they are being directed to the next demonstration outside the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Police Headquarters on Joint Base MDL, Aug. 10, 2022. As one of the class instructors, Katsoroans volunteered to be a part of the event as a way to continuously build a strong relationship between the police department, the residents of New Jersey and the joint base community. The Hackensack P.D. Youth Academy is a weeklong event that provides seventh to twelfth grade class participants the opportunity to learn about the experiences inside the military and police force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Barney)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kiarra Johnson, 87th Security Forces Squadron combat arms instructor, trains a class participant from the Hackensack Police Department Youth Academy on how to properly handle a mock, unloaded weapon outside the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Police Headquarters on Joint Base MDL, Aug. 10, 2022. The Hackensack P.D. Youth Academy is a weeklong event that provides seventh to twelfth grade class participants the opportunity to learn about the experiences inside the military and police force. This event consists of showing demonstrations of various military drills, physical training exercises, and K-9 training and handling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Barney)

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A class participant of the Hackensack Police Department Youth Academy wields a mock baton while performing the red-man combative suit training exercise with an instructor, inside a warehouse at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Police Headquarters on Joint Base MDL, Aug. 10, 2022. The exercise trains class participants on how to defend themselves in situations involving close-quarters combat. The Hackensack P.D. Youth Academy is a weeklong event that provides seventh to twelfth grade class participants the opportunity to learn about the experiences inside the military and police force. This event consists of showing demonstrations of various military drills, physical training exercises, and K-9 training and handling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Barney)

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A class participant of the Hackensack Police Department Youth Academy performs the Virtual Reality No-Shoot training exercise inside a warehouse at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Police Headquarters on Joint Base MDL, Aug. 10, 2022. The exercise trains class participants on how to use their perception, through VR head wear, when shooting specific targets while avoiding collateral damage during the session. The Hackensack P.D. Youth Academy is a weeklong event that provides seventh to twelfth grade class participants the opportunity to learn about the experiences inside the military and police force. This event consists of showing demonstrations of various military drills, physical training exercises, and K-9 training and handling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Barney)

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Class participants of the Hackensack Police Department Youth Academy watch Airmen performing a K-9 demonstration outside the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Police Headquarters on Joint Base MDL, Aug. 10, 2022. The Hackensack P.D. Youth Academy is a weeklong event that provides seventh to twelfth grade class participants the opportunity to learn about the experiences inside the military and police force. This event consists of showing demonstrations of various military drills, physical training exercises, and K-9 training and handling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Barney)

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Hackensack Police Department Youth Academy visits Joint Base MDL

Published Aug. 12, 2022
By Daniel Barney
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Public Affairs

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NJ --

Class participants from the Hackensack Police Department Youth Academy came to visit Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on August 10th. The Hackensack P.D. Youth Academy is a weeklong event that provides seventh to twelfth grade class participants the opportunity to learn about the experiences inside the military and police force. This event consists of showing demonstrations of various military drills, physical training exercises, and K-9 training and handling. Hackensack P.D. Det. Felix Katsaroans, Youth Academy class instructor, saw this event as a means to continuously strengthen the relationship between the police department, the residents of New Jersey and the joint base community.