In the assemblies, various scenarios of previous traffic collisions involving intoxicated drivers are presented via slides and videotapes. The aim of the program is to encourage teenagers to have a sober graduation and to use designated drivers or other strategies to avoid the adverse results of drunk driving. This presentation is part of the H.E.L.P. program, which offers students who are experimenting with drugs, an alternative to suspension, and referral to the Juvenile Probation Department. The arresting officer will make an assessment of the student's violation and previous police contacts in order to determine eligibility. The presentation is a collaborative effort between the Fremont Police Department and the Fremont Unified School District, private citizens offering testimonial evidence, community counseling services from the Fremont Youth and Family Counseling Center and Second Chance, along with doctors from the Community Psychiatric Centers Hospital.
Fremont officers present the criminal and school district effects of illegal drug usage.
The doctors present the effects of drugs upon the human body and John Vigallon provides his 25 years of experience in the drug culture. The H.E.L.P. seminar is conducted quarterly at the Fremont Main Library.