NEWPORT NEWS — The city’s police department swore-in 24 high school students in the Youth Adult Police Commissioners program at the Mariners’ Museum and Park Thursday.
The students were picked based on leadership skills and an interest in the police department, Jamie Bastas, police spokeswoman, wrote in an email.
According to the NNPD’s announcement, police Chief Steve Drew created the program last month so youth could voice city issues, work with officers and learn more about the department.
The group meets twice a month until the end of the school year and were chosen by the school resource officer, guidance counselor and principal, Bastas said.
