{"id":29761,"date":"2025-05-09T14:16:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T18:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/?p=29761"},"modified":"2025-05-09T14:16:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T18:16:49","slug":"maryland-state-police-accepting-applications-for-the-2025-leadership-and-career-development-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/2025\/05\/09\/maryland-state-police-accepting-applications-for-the-2025-leadership-and-career-development-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland State Police Accepting Applications for the 2025 Leadership and Career Development Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(SYKESVILLE, MD) \u2013 Applications are now being accepted for the annual Leadership and Career Development Seminar<\/a>, which will take place from July 24-27, 2025. The goal of the free event is to develop interest and introduce high school rising juniors and seniors and incoming college freshmen to career opportunities with the Department.<\/p>\n

The four-day, action-packed seminar will be held at the Maryland State Police Training Academy in Sykesville.\u00a0 Those interested in starting a career in law enforcement \u2013 either sworn or civilian \u2013 are invited to learn about the Maryland State Police from troopers and civilian employees who specialize in a wide range of expertise. The seminar is a way to identify young talent and foster a relationship with the community. The goal is to provide participants with hands-on experiences and an introduction to the Department\u2019s mission critical career opportunities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Attendees will learn about emergency communications, fitness and defensive tactics, facets of a law enforcement career, aviation\/flight paramedics. leadership, digital forensics\/cybersecurity and details into our diverse civilian occupations. Troopers and civilian employees from various specialized units will be on hand to share their experiences about life as a state trooper or as a civilian employee in a law enforcement career. This will include representatives from Criminal Investigations, Forensic Sciences, Police Communications, Information Technology and the Office of the State Fire Marshal.<\/p>\n

Along with this exciting opportunity, food and lodging will be provided on the campus of the Maryland State Police Academy. Each barrack commander will select one applicant to represent their respective county, including Baltimore City.<\/p>\n

To qualify for enrollment, applicants must submit either a two-minute self-taped video or a written essay to explain why they are interested in a career in law enforcement.\u00a0 The deadline for applications remains open. For more application guidelines, please visit youth leadership career seminar page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Questions about the seminar and the application process can be emailed to msp.youthprograms@maryland.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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(SYKESVILLE, MD) \u2013 Applications are now being accepted for the annual Leadership and Career Development Seminar, which will take place from July 24-27, 2025. The goal of the free event is to develop interest and introduce high school rising juniors and seniors and incoming college freshmen to career opportunities with the Department. The four-day, action-packed  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":238,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,43,58,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","category-recruiting-unit","category-http-news-maryland-gov-msp-social-media-directory","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29761"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29764,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29761\/revisions\/29764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}