:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/W6EQOLPCCVDY6ISMNUOPUW24YY.jpg)
Newton Police Department officer Julie Britton shows youth police academy students the weight of an officer's bullet proof vest. Each student was able to take a turn trying it on. (Kayla Langmaid)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/IR4SJK63KU5T4EBUCCP6JLL3IM.jpg)
Newton Police Department Sgt. Chris Wing shows youth police academy students Thursday the weight of a shield. (Kayla Langmaid)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/OWRCW4S57UKS2KKPVIIR223X6Y.jpg)
Students with the Newton Police Department Youth Police Academy had the chance to sit in the driver's seat of a swat vehicle Wednesday. (Kayla Langmaid)