Helping students make positive choices and develop life-long skills is the goal of the Socorro Independent School District Police Services program. Through the Gang Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) program, SISD police officers are working alongside parents, teachers, counselors and principals to show students the impact and consequences of negative behaviors.

Written and posted on the Socorro Independent School District Web site. Monday November 3, 2008. Used with permission.

By Bill Xikis
Senior Correspondent 1st Responder Network
Used with permission

The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office has teamed up with local Volunteer Fire Departments and the Brookhaven Town Fire Marshal’s Office to help the youth in Suffolk County.

Contact Chief of Staff Michael P. Sharkey
Published August 6th, 2008
(631) 852-2220
Used with permission

The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Unit is conducting its first series of summer camps in cooperation with local youth organizations.

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