We have taken additional steps beyond these programs in 1999 toward preventing violence in our school systems. Our Highway Safety Task Force is also working the high schools in the afternoons, when the students are leaving the schools in their vehicles. When the schools opened this year, these officers started issuing warning tickets for speeding and other violations. We have applied for and received a grant that includes programs to teach Hwy. Officers from the Douglas County Sheriffs Office participate on a regular basis in the school's reading programs.
Officers go to the schools and read to the students in the elementary schools.
We are proud of the work our officers are doing in the school system with the full support and cooperation of the Board of Education and the work they are doing with our children in general. Go to the following links and learn about the various programs and the officers carrying out these programs.