{"id":49,"date":"2017-02-02T09:40:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T14:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:18:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:18:34","slug":"cadet-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/info-documents\/cadet-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadet Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12175 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Cadet-Patch-Graphic-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Cadet-Patch-Graphic-45x45.png 45w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Cadet-Patch-Graphic-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Cadet-Patch-Graphic-66x66.png 66w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Cadet-Patch-Graphic-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Cadet-Patch-Graphic-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Cadet-Patch-Graphic-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Cadet-Patch-Graphic-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Cadet-Patch-Graphic-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Cadet-Patch-Graphic-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Cadet-Patch-Graphic-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Cadet-Patch-Graphic-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Cadet-Patch-Graphic-1200x1200.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/02\/Cadet-Patch-Graphic.png 1207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Columbus Police Department has a cadet program, which is designed for young people in high school. The cadet program exposes young people to all aspects of law enforcement work such as patrol, criminal investigations, traffic direction and control, emergency management, and public relations.<\/p>\n<p>Enrollment Requirements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Must be an incoming sophomore, junior, or senior in high school<\/li>\n<li>Must have a clean juvenile record<\/li>\n<li>Must have minimum GPA of 2.5<\/li>\n<li>A willingness to be enrolled in the program and a positive attitude<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are currently accepting applications for police cadets. The 2026 cadet training will be held June 8th through 11th.<\/p>\n<p>Please direct any questions about the program to Lt. Skylar Berry at (812) 376-2605 or <a href=\"mailto:sberry@columbus.in.gov\">sberry@columbus.in.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-span-yes fusion-button-default-type\" style=\"--button_margin-bottom:20px;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/05\/Cadet-S.O.pdf\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">CPD&#8217;s Cadet Policy<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Cadet Program Application<\/h2><\/div><iframe style=\"border: 0;width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cognitoforms.com\/f\/SllukdhQI0mqredHm3OA8w\/39\" height=\"3152\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 14:49:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12203,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/12203"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/police\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}