{"id":31051,"date":"2020-08-03T08:06:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T12:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=31051"},"modified":"2020-08-05T09:52:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T13:52:59","slug":"maryland-natural-resource-police-welcomes-new-cadets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/08\/03\/maryland-natural-resource-police-welcomes-new-cadets\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Natural Resources Police Welcomes New Cadets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Five Successful Applicants Begin Month-long Introductory Program<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/50170663236_8d1acaff77.jpg\" alt=\"Collective of individual photos of five Natural Resources Police cadets\" width=\"400\" height=\"269\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clockwise from top left: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jodi Bentz, Jayden Carter, Hunter Darroch, Stephanie Gregor, and Ryan Whittington<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/nrp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Natural Resources Police<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is proud to welcome five new entrants in its Cadet Program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Akin to an internship, this month-long program provides an opportunity for eager men and women between the ages of 18-21 to learn first-hand the job of a Natural Resources Police officer. Cadets receive training in both the field and the classroom from officers themselves. Classes include boater and hunter safety courses, self defense, specialized units, and much more.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The new cadets are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jodi Bentz, 20, of Knoxville, a graduate of Washington County Technical High School<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jayden Carter, 20, of Hagerstown, a graduate of North Hagerstown High School<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hunter Darroch, 19, of Lothian, a graduate of James Campbell High School in \u2018Ewa Beach, Hawaii<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stephanie Gregor, 20, of Elkridge, a graduate of Howard Community College<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ryan Whittington, 19, of Westminster,\u00a0 a graduate of a graduate of Carroll Community College<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are grateful to have such an enthusiastic and diverse group of young people,\u201d Maryland Natural Resources Police Colonel G. Adrian Baker said. \u201cOur cadet program offers the opportunity to explore a career in law enforcement while building character, developing pride and integrity, giving back to our community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cadets are chosen competitively from applications submitted through the department\u2019s website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Graduates of the cadet program can later attend an upcoming class of the Natural Resources Police Academy, provided they meet the age requirement of 20 years, 6 months, and pass further background checks and fitness qualifications.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Successful Applicants Begin Month-long Introductory Program The Maryland Natural Resources Police is proud to welcome five new entrants in its Cadet Program.\u00a0 Akin to an internship, this month-long program provides an opportunity for eager men and women between the ages of 18-21 to learn first-hand the job of a Natural Resources Police officer. Cadets<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2020\/08\/03\/maryland-natural-resource-police-welcomes-new-cadets\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,14],"tags":[5043,4975],"class_list":["post-31051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-nrp-news","tag-adrian-baker","tag-maryland-natural-resources-police"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31051"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31069,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31051\/revisions\/31069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}