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100 CPS High School Students Graduate From Chicago Police And Firefighters Training Academy

It's graduation season and Chicago kids with a dream of becoming first responders celebrated theirs.

(CBS Chicago)

May 7, 2026

It's graduation season and Chicago kids with a dream of becoming first responders celebrated theirs.

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One hundred cadets representing 62 different CPS high schools got in formation on Wednesday night.

The young men and women spent the past two years preparing for this moment. Among them, Steinmentz senior Kenneth Landers Jr.

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