PR03-005

Date:

January 28, 2003

 
Gang Resistance Training Expands To 13 Weeks, Area Middle Schools Receive Sheriff’s Office Program
 

The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office has been teaching the Gang Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) program since 1994. Over the summer, deputies from the Community Relations Section received recertification training and are now teaching the expanded 13-week program in area middle schools.

The G.R.E.A.T. program, sponsored by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, teaches middle school aged children the consequences of gang activity and encourages students to make positive choices in their lives. Through classroom instruction, uniformed deputies interact with students and allow them opportunities to roll play a variety of scenarios requiring decision making skills.

The expanded 13-week G.R.E.A.T. program is taught in 48 states by uniformed law enforcement officers.

The Fulton County Sheriff’s Office is now teaching G.R.E.A.T. at Ronald McNair Middle School in College Park. Following the program, students will be honored at a graduation ceremony in the school gymnasium. G.R.E.A.T. students will receive t-shirts and a personalized “Certificate of Accomplishment”. In addition, awards will be distributed to students achieving top honors.

The next G.R.E.A.T. program is scheduled to begin on February 12th at River Trial Middle School in North Fulton County. Additional schools will be added this spring. 

For more information, please contact Sergeant Clarence Huber at (404) 730-4148. Sergeant Huber can also be reached on his digital pager at (404) 742-6798.