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30 Officers Graduate from TEAM School Liaison Program?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?October 7, 2022
LANSING, MICH.? Michigan students will soon benefit from the addition of 30 police officers recently trained in the Teaching, Educating, and Mentoring (TEAM) School Liaison Program. ?The Michigan State Police (MSP) hosted the four-day training, which concluded Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. ?
TEAM is a school-based, law-related curriculum that is taught to grades K-12 by TEAM-trained police officers with the goal of uniting educators, students, and law enforcement officers to better equip children to 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 30 officers including two from MSP, 14 from sheriff?s offices, and 10 from township/city police departments:
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Allegan City Police Department
- Benzie County Sheriff?s Office
- Berrien County Sheriff?s Office
- Calhoun County Sheriff?s Office
- Constantine Police Department
- Dearborn Heights Police Department
- Emmet County Sheriff?s Office
- Farmington Hills Police Department
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Harbor Springs Police Department
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Isabella County Sheriff?s Office
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Lenawee County Sheriff?s Office
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Livingston County Sheriff?s Office
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MSP Cadillac Post ???????????
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MSP Headquarters
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Mackinac Island Police Department
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Manistee County Sheriff?s Office
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Mason County Sheriff?s Office
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Montmorency County Sheriff?s Office
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Osceola County Sheriff?s Office
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Ottawa County Sheriff?s Office
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Owosso Department of Public Safety
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Richfield Township Police Department
- Saginaw Township Police Department
- Joseph County Sheriff?s Office
- Washtenaw County Sheriff?s Office
- Zeeland 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.
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Sgt. Martin Miller, Grants and Community Services Division, 616-312-5137, [email protected]
A PROUD tradition of SERVICE through EXCELLENCE, INTEGRITY, and COURTESY
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