Grade school children will get a primer on local law enforcementwhen the Barnegat Township Police Department holdsJunior Police Academythis summer. Sessions will be held Monday through Friday, July 8 through 12, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The academy is open to Barnegat students entering fifth or sixth grade in the 2019-20 school year. Deadline to register is Friday, May 31.

Police Chief Keith Germain said theprogram is not designed as a “boot camp.”