WPRO Newsroom and the Associated Press

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island State Police troopers have taken a group of around 30 high school students on a field trip to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Wednesday’s trip is part of an initiative put together by state police and community groups to form relationships between police and the community.

The students from communities including Woonsocket, Cranston, Providence, East Providence, Pawtucket and Johnston are touring the campus. They’ll also meet West Point’s superintendent and stop at the West Point Cemetery to visit graves of Rhode Island soldiers killed in combat since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

State Police Col. Steven O’Donnell says it’s an opportunity for young people to see the world beyond their neighborhoods.