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Law Camps

Law Camps give students entering the 7th and 8th grades a behind the scenes look at the criminal justice system.

The four-day co-ed camps offer a more advanced look at law enforcement through field trips, exciting demonstrations and motivating programs. Campers meet peers from around the state, participate in recreational activities and leave with a greater understanding of the police field.

These leadership camps are co-sponsored by the Lions Clubs of Indiana and scholarships are available.

Career Camps

Similar to the Indiana State Police Academy, Career Camps give high school students an in-depth look at law enforcement. Campers conduct their own crime scene investigations, hear from defense attorneys, judges, and other experts in the criminal justice field, and watch exciting police demonstrations during the weeklong camps.

Camps, one for boys and another for girls, allow students to make friends from around the state, participate in recreational activities and experience what the police academy is like.

These leadership camps are co-sponsored by Kiwanis International and scholarships are available.

Image of two boys wearing yellow camp t-shirtsThere are four basic types of camps to choose from for your child: day programs, sleepaway, day programs with trips, and special needs. These types of camps are further divided by gender (girls only, boys only, or co-ed), and by age group. Additionally, camps often focus on specialties that include: adventure, art, computer, dance, music, religion, horse riding, sports, theatre, and others. Basically, if you can think of a subject, there is probably a camp that specializes in it.

The Department of Environmental Protection has established several trails which generally follow Blue Blazed Hiking Trails. A separate handout map is available for each trail. The Blue Trails, developed and maintained by the Connecticut Forest and Park Association, are located on both public and private lands and their continuance is dependent in many cases upon the goodwill of landowners. Thus all hikers are requested to stay on the established trails and to respect the rights and property of landowners on and adjacent to the trail. The backpacking tours are provided for the true backpacker only and therefore the length of stay at any one location is limited to one night. The campsites are available year round, barring unusual or severe weather conditions.

Facilities

The backpack camping zones offer primitive campsites with few facilities. Although several have Adirondack-type camp shelters of limited capacity, campers are advised to bring their own tents. Also, drinking water is not provided except at approved state park and forest wells.