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34 Officers Graduate from TEAM School Liaison Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? May 24, 2024
LANSING, MICH.? Michigan students will benefit from the addition of 32 law enforcement officers recently trained in the Teaching, Educating, and Mentoring (TEAM) School Liaison Program.? The Michigan State Police (MSP), Grants and Community Services Division hosted the five-day training, which concluded Friday, May 24, 2024.
TEAM is a school-based, law-related curriculum taught to grades K-12 by TEAM-trained police officers with the goal of uniting educators, students, and law enforcement officers to help children protect themselves from crime.? During the 40-hour training course, officers receive instruction in student/juvenile psychology, classroom management, and public speaking.?
In addition to traditional topics like personal safety, how to dial 911, the law and you, and dating violence, the TEAM curriculum has been updated to address the topic of school safety and security including facility assessments, bullying and harassment, cyber-crime, social media use, illicit drugs, and vaping.?
This class included one trooper from the MSP, 11 deputies from county sheriffs? offices, one officer from a tribal police department, two officers from the state of Alabama, and 19 officers from city/township police departments.? They represent the following agencies:
- Alpena Police Department
- Ann Arbor Police Department
- Arenac County Sheriff's Office
- Bath Township Police Department
- Bay County Sheriff's Office
- Crawford County Sheriff's Office
- Dearborn Heights Police Department
- Eaton County Sheriff's Office
- Farmington Hills Police Department
- Frankenmuth Police Department
- Grosse Pointe City Department of Public Safety
- Jackson County Sheriff's Office
- Kent County Sheriff's Office
- Keweenaw Bay Tribal Police Department
- Mackinac County Sheriff's Office
- Madison Heights Police Department
- Marquette Police Department
- MSP - Second District Headquarters
- Negaunee City Police Department
- Northville Township Police Department
- Oakland County Sheriff?s Office
- Osceola County Sheriff's Office
- Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
- Petoskey Department of Public Safety
- Springport Township Police Department
- Tuscaloosa Police Department, Alabama
- White Lake Police Department
TEAM allows officers to teach at any of the three levels of education - elementary, middle, or high school - public or private - aligning with the Michigan Model for Health. ?The curriculum has been implemented in over 250 Michigan school districts, and in several other states across the US.
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Sgt. Martin Miller, Grants and Community Services Division, 616-312-5137, [email protected]
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