NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
June 20, 2008
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
OKALOOSA YOUTH WEEK ATTRACTS RECORD NUMBER
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More than ninety local
students interested in the world of crime-fighting took part in an educational
week filled with fun – all supplied by School Resource Officers from the
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Charlie Morris says he was pleased
that a record-breaking number of youngsters took part.
Okaloosa Youth Week
2008 ended Friday, June 20th, with a picnic at Marler Park on
Okaloosa Island. Sheriff Morris presented each of the participants – dubbed
“Junior Deputies” - with certificates.
During the past
week, the students who gathered at Ruckel Middle School, Bruner Middle School,
or Davidson Middle School learned various crime-scene processing and patrol
techniques, including how to do a traffic stop. They also were given special
demonstrations by the Sheriff’s Office Special Response Team and K-9 unit, as
well as presentations by local fire departments, E-M-S, and the U-S Coast Guard.