2. Framingham Youth Police Academy 

   
   

   REGISTRATION FORM 

   Please complete and return this application and the Parental Consent and Release Form by June 15, 2025. 

   APPLICATIONS WITHOUT THE PARENTAL CONSENT RELEASE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. 

   Admission to the Framingham Youth Police Academy is open to Framingham residents, students within the Framingham & Keefe Tech School Districts, and immediate family members of the Framingham Police Department. 

   Students will be eligible if they enter the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades in Fall 2025 and will not turn 18 before August 1, 2025.

   Admission will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis. 

   The program is free. Many families take vacations during the summer months, and applicants must be available for the entire week. We expect the class to fill rapidly, so only applicants willing to commit to the entire program will be considered.  

   The 2025 Framingham Youth Police Academy is scheduled between July 28 and August 1, with graduation on Friday, August 1, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. at Loring Arena.

   
   

4. Student’s Name:*
5. Address:*
7. Gender Identity
   -- Select One --MaleFemaleTransgenderNon-binary/non-conformingPrefer not to respond
9. Phone:*
10. DOB*
11. Age:*
13. Parent/Guardian Name:*
14. Parent/Guardian Cell Phone:*
16. Email:*
18. Emergency Contact (Other than Parent/Guardian):*
19. Emergency Contact Phone:*
20. Relationship to Child:
22. Food Allergies:
24. Please list any physical disabilities that would restrict child’s participation in academy programs (i.e. asthma, allergies, medication, etc.)
26. I give permission for my child’s picture (during academy related events) to be taken for scrapbooks, DVDs, local access television, newspaper articles, social media*
    -- Select One --YesNo
28. Participant’s Shirt Size (Adult Size):
    -- Select One --SmallMediumLarge X-Large
29. Participants Shorts Size (Adult Size):
    -- Select One --SmallMediumLarge X-large

31. For students accepted to the Youth Academy, there will be a meeting for parents and students on Thursday, July 25, 2025, at 6 PM.

    This meeting is tentatively scheduled to be held at Framingham City Hall in Nevins Hall. It will explain the course curriculum, uniform issue, and Youth Academy Rules and Regulations. 

    Further information will be added on the Framingham Police Department’s Facebook Page, X, and other media outlets. During the registration period, parents whose students are accepted will be contacted on a rolling basis.  

33. FRAMINGHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT YOUTH ACADEMY CONSENT AND RELEASE FORM

    
    

    The Framingham Police Department is pleased that your child is interested in participating in the Framingham Police Department Youth Academy.   For all participants, parental approval is required and parents must sign the below consent and release form.

    CONSENT AND RELEASE

    I, the undersigned parent/guardian, acknowledge that it is my/my child’s choice to participate in the Framingham Police Department Youth Academy. I, the undersigned parent/guardian, understand that participants in the class will be engaged in training activities, some of which present situations which may be physically and mentally challenging.  I, the undersigned parent/guardian, acknowledge this and voluntarily accept it, thereby releasing the City of Framingham, its police officers, public officials, officers, agents, servants, employees, and assigns (the “Releasees”), from any and all liability, claims, demands, actions, and causes of action, which might result from my child’s participation in the Framingham Police Department Youth Academy. As a further part of the aforesaid consideration, I, the undersigned parent/guardian, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the aforesaid Releasees from all liability, claims, demands, actions, and causes of action which my and/or my child’s estate may hereafter have on account of any and all injuries and damage to my child or to my child’s property, or my child’s death, arising out of or related to any happening or occurrence while my child participates in the Framingham Police Department Youth Academy; and for the same consideration, I, the undersigned participant or parent/guardian, promise to release, and covenant not to sue, the Releasees, and agree to forever hold them and each of them harmless from any such liability, claims, demands, actions or causes of action.    

    I, the undersigned participant or parent/guardian, have read and understand the conditions of this program as stated above and hereby voluntarily assume all risk of loss, damage, or injury to my child or to my child’s property, including death, which my child may sustain while participating in the Framingham Police Department Youth Academy. This release and agreement shall be binding upon me and my heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, and assigns, and it shall inure to the benefit of the Releasees and their heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, assigns and successors in office. 

    By signing this release, the participant and parent/guardian agrees to the consent and release rules listed above.  I or the undersigned parent/guardian give permission to have my child’s participation in this class.

    
    

35. Print Name:*
36. DOB:*
38. Address:*
40. Signature of applicant:*
42. Parent/Guardian Signature:*
43. Date:*
    Date:
44. Phone:*
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