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34 Officers Graduate from TEAM School Liaison Program
May 24, 2024
Michigan students will benefit from the addition of 32 law enforcement officers recently trained in the Teaching, Educating, and Mentoring (TEAM) School Liaison Program. The Michigan State Police (MSP), Grants and Community Services Division hosted the five-day training, which concluded Friday, May 24, 2024.
TEAM is a school-based, law-related curriculum taught to grades K-12 by TEAM-trained police officers with the goal of uniting educators, students, and law enforcement officers to help children protect themselves from crime. During the 40-hour training course, officers receive instruction in student/juvenile psychology, classroom management, and public speaking.
In addition to traditional topics like personal safety, how to dial 911, the law and you, and dating violence, the TEAM curriculum has been updated to address the topic of school safety and security including facility assessments, bullying and harassment, cyber-crime, social media use, illicit drugs, and vaping.
This class included one trooper from the MSP, 11 deputies from county sheriffs’ offices, one officer from a tribal police department, two officers from the state of Alabama, and 19 officers from city/township police departments. They represent the following agencies:
Alpena Police Department
Ann Arbor Police Department
Arenac County Sheriff's Office
Bath Township Police Department
Bay County Sheriff's Office
Crawford County Sheriff's Office
Dearborn Heights Police Department
Eaton County Sheriff's Office
Farmington Hills Police Department
Frankenmuth Police Department
Grosse Pointe City Department of Public Safety
Jackson County Sheriff's Office
Kent County Sheriff's Office
Keweenaw Bay Tribal Police Department
Mackinac County Sheriff's Office
Madison Heights Police Department
Marquette Police Department
MSP - Second District Headquarters
Negaunee City Police Department
Northville Township Police Department
Oakland County Sheriff’s Office
Osceola County Sheriff's Office
Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
Petoskey Department of Public Safety
Springport Township Police Department
Tuscaloosa Police Department, Alabama
White Lake Police Department
TEAM allows officers to teach at any of the three levels of education - elementary, middle, or high school - public or private - aligning with the Michigan Model for Health. The curriculum has been implemented in over 250 Michigan school districts, and in several other states across the US.