St. Petersburg Police Chief Holloway was at Lakewood High School Tuesday night to tell students interested in pursuing a law enforcement career about the Student Police Cadet Program.
Lakewood High School juniors and seniors have the opportunity to take criminal justice-related dual enrollment classes at SPC’s Allstate Campus in the afternoons.
They also will receive summer training to qualify them for part time employment with the St. Petersburg Police Department working with traffic enforcement and accident investigations.
Benefits
- After 2 years in the Lakewood program, these students will have partially completed (12 credits) the required minimum of 30 college credit hours in order to be eligible for hire as a Police Cadet to attend the Police Academy.
- They can continue to work as a part time civilian with the Police Department until they complete the required college credits. Students would be able to gain experience as they explore law enforcement as a career. As a part-time employee with the St. Petersburg Police Dept., they would have direct contact with officers.
- If hired as a Police Cadet, St. Petersburg Police pays for all academy tuition, as well as a salary of $18.65 per hour. After successfully graduating from the academy, sworn officers receive entry level salary of $45,381.