Jordan Litz plans to follow in her father’s footsteps into law enforcement one day after finishing her education at her preferred college, Michigan State University.
“I would like to be a (state police) trooper when I graduate and also a criminal investigator,” 13-year-old Litz said at the Westmoreland County Camp Cadet Association graduation ceremonies Friday at the Pitt-Greensburg campus.
Litz, who will be an eighth grader in the Burrell School District, grew up in a law enforcement family as the daughter of Master Trooper John Litz, who is stationed at the Greensburg station.
Litz was one of 30 youngsters, ages 12 to 15 from Westmoreland County who received graduation certificates for completing the five-day Camp Cadet Program that state police troopers conducted at the campus last week.
Their experience getting woken up at 5:45 a.m., running in the mornings and doing push-ups, was far different than camps offering a week of fun and games, and making arts and craft.
They were taught about criminal procedures, the arrest process, saw a demonstration of a police dog in action, a motorcycle officer, the use of a drone and a special emergency response team, said Trooper Tristan Tappe, community affairs officer at the Greensburg station and a leader of the Camp Cadet program.
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