Police cadet
Appearance
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A police cadet can refer either to a trainee police officer or to a member of a youth organisation in which young people learn about and/or participate in law enforcement and police work.
Many police departments in the United States offer police cadet programmes, as do a number of police forces in the United Kingdom.