The group also will enforce children's curfews, said Holtzclaw. The group's first official function will be to assist at April's Foothills Merry Go Round Festival. Volunteers will get first aid and CPR training by the Shelby Parks and Recreation and traffic training, said Ms. Jones. Rutherford County's N.C. Crime Control Community Watch and Search and Rescue Director James Freeman said his group of around 65 volunteers works closely with fire, rescue and EMS teams in the area. N.C. Crime Control volunteers is free.
Liability insurance is paid by the Rutherford County group.
Holtzclaw is hoping to get the program going before events such as summer sports and the city pool begins. We want volunteers. Anyone over 18 can volunteer. We do not discriminate because of physical capability. Disabled people are welcomed.