NEW HAVEN — The Future Law Enforcement Youth Academy, a joint project of the Yale University Police Department and the New Haven field office of the FBI, will be held this summer for state high school students who want to consider a career in the field.

“Two of the Nation’s most notable and iconic institutions have partnered to create a week-long law enforcement and legal training academy for young people throughout Connecticut,” said FBI spokesman Charles Grady in a release. “We want this training to promote tolerance, unity and the importance of partnerships for success in the working world.”

The academy, to be held the week of July 24-29, will be open to 13 boys and 13 girls from both urban and suburban high schools and will seek racial and cultural diversity, Grady said.

“This partnership exemplifies the university’s focus on fostering accessible educational programs that benefit community members,” said Yale Police Chief Ronnell Higgins in the release.

The program will include an inside look at the FBI and other local, state and federal law-enforcement agencies. Classroom studies will be supplemented with exercises in investigative forensics, cyber-technology, counterintelligence, gang awareness and civil rights enforcement, among other topics.

The students will live in Yale’s residential colleges and be chaperoned by law-enforcement employees, including FBI agents. Events will be led by Yale police officers, FBI employees and alumni of the FBI National Academy.

Connecticut students must be between 15 and 18 years old, have a minimum grade point average of 2.7, complete an online application, including a 200-word essay, and be physically fit. The application deadline is May 27. Applications are available at http://FBI.gov/Newhaven.

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