{"id":1061,"date":"2015-06-23T16:00:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T20:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety\/?p=152"},"modified":"2024-01-30T15:50:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T20:50:01","slug":"spc-college-of-public-safety-hosts-public-safety-summer-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/spc-college-of-public-safety-hosts-public-safety-summer-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"SPC&#8217;s Center for Public Safety Innovation hosted Public Safety Summer Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-154\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/06\/Photo-Public-Safety-Camp-2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2015\/06\/Photo-Public-Safety-Camp-2015.jpg\" alt=\"2015 Public Safety Summer Campers (Photo: St. Petersburg College \u2013 College of Public Safety Administration)\" width=\"960\" height=\"768\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2015 Public Safety Summer Campers (Photo: St. Petersburg College \u2013 College of Public Safety Administration)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Public Safety Summer Campers wrapped up two weeks of action-packed fun and learning this past Friday. Middle school students\u00a0who attended SPC\u2019s 2015 Public Safety Summer Camp at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/Allstate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allstate Center<\/a> from June 8 \u2013 19 experienced what it\u2019s like to fight crime and protect the community. Forget watching CSI on TV!<\/p>\n<p>From 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.\u00a0campers got to experience the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Crime scene investigation tactics\u00a0including: fingerprinting,\u00a0evidence collection and processing<\/li>\n<li>Field trips to the <a href=\"http:\/\/old.stpete.org\/police\/\">St. Petersburg Police Department<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/old.stpete.org\/Fire\/about.html\">St. Petersburg Master Fire House<\/a> and the Pinellas County Courthouse and Detention Center<\/li>\n<li>Spending time with SPC Law Enforcement Academy recruits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Parents noted that they\u00a0appreciated being able to drop off and pick up their campers at 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., respectively, at no extra charge.<\/p>\n<p>The camp was designed by SPC\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/cpsi.spcollege.edu\/\">Center for Public Safety Innovation<\/a> to provide students with a broader perspective of the public safety profession. Campers learned internet safety skills and life-saving CPR, met a K-9 dog used by a Pinellas County School law enforcement officer,\u00a0how to climb\u00a0a rock wall,\u00a0the physical requirements of a career in public safety and how to meet challenges that may seem insurmountable but that can be overcome.<\/p>\n<p>The Public Safety Summer Camp set out to do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Change young people\u2019s perceptions of authority figures<\/li>\n<li>Educate students about career choices in the field of public safety<\/li>\n<li>Enhance campers\u2019 self-esteem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Leo Cordero, Senior Camp Coordinator, noted\u00a0 that \u201cThis year\u2019s Public Safety Summer Camp expanded on a variety of public service professions to help students in selecting a career as they continue their academic journey.\u00a0We encourage youth to further their education and consider careers in public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SPC\u2019s Center for Public Safety Innovation is looking forward to offering this program again next summer at the Allstate Center. For more information on this year&#8217;s camp, please visit this website:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-camp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-camp\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Safety Summer Campers wrapped up two weeks of action-packed fun and learning this past Friday. Middle school students\u00a0who attended SPC\u2019s 2015 Public Safety Summer Camp at the Allstate Center from June 8 \u2013 19 experienced what it\u2019s like to fight crime and protect the community. Forget watching CSI on TV! From 8:00 a.m. to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/spc-college-of-public-safety-hosts-public-safety-summer-camp\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SPC&#8217;s Center for Public Safety Innovation hosted Public Safety Summer Camp<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public-safety-all"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3316,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions\/3316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/public-safety-policy-legal-studies-educational-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}