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Police and Prosecutors Join Students for a Day of Learning
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida, together with the Pensacola Police Department and AMIkids, will present a BLAST Program event tomorrow to approximately 50 youth from the AMIkids Pensacola and Emerald Coast programs.
The BLAST initiative was created by the U.S. Attorney’s Office to provide a forum to exchange information about officer risks and citizen viewpoints. Sharing these perspectives encourages safe interactions between citizens and officers to improve our community.
Pensacola Police Chief David Alexander III said: “We must continue to work hard at building trusting relationships between citizens and law enforcement to protect the community from crime and disorder. This effort includes our youth.”
AMIkids Inc. representatives said: “#BreakingBarriers is an important priority for AMIkids and our partners in law enforcement as it is critical to our service of building and maintaining healthy, safe communities.
The BLAST Program offers students an opportunity to meet representatives of the criminal justice community and ask them questions, share their perceptions of law enforcement, and interact with officers in a familiar setting. Officers also provide students with their perspective on responding to dangerous or uncertain circumstances and the importance of remaining calm and following the officers’ directions in these situations.
The event will take place on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at AMIkids Pensacola, located at 3685 Muldoon Road, Pensacola, FL 32526. A media availability will take place at 12:50 p.m. CST. Please RSVP to Amy Alexander at amy.alexander@usdoj.gov if you plan to attend.
Participating agencies include the United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida, Pensacola Police Department, AMIkids Pensacola, AMIkids Emerald Coast, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Probation Office, Homeland Security Investigations, and Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Community and Law Enforcement
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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