Eighteen-year-old Morgan Park High School student Deonte Collins says he now has a much better idea of what it takes to pursue the same career as his father - a Chicago firefighter - since he graduated from the Chicago Police and Firefighters Training Academy program.

He tells the Daily Southtown that a job in public sagety is anything but fun and games.

The nine-year-old program mentors about 125 students and is open to sophomores from both public and private high schools who live in Chicago.

To learn more about the program click here.