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Children, Teenagers and Senior Citizens to Benefit from Sheriff’s Office Summer Crime Prevention Series

Release Date: May 4, 2006

Deputies with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Crime Prevention Bureau will begin conducting crime prevention courses this summer at community centers throughout Shelby County. The sessions will begin on June 26th and continue through July 28th.

“I’m elated about this partnership we’ve established with the community centers. We wanted to offer these important classes to children and youth to help occupy their free time this summer. Along with that, we wanted to reach senior adults who routinely visit these centers to help keep them from being crime victims,” said Shelby County Sheriff Mark H. Luttrell, Jr.

Deputies assigned during the school year to patrol Shelby County high schools and middle schools will teach the sessions. Here are the topics:

For Children and Teenagers

• How the Juvenile Justice System Operates
• Identifying Suspicious Behavior From Strangers
• Dangers of Alcohol and Drugs
• How to Call For Help in Time of an Emergency

For Senior Citizens

• Keeping Valuables Safe
• Scam Artists
• Internet Fraud
• Common Sense-Self Defense

For the locations and times of these crime prevention classes, contact the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Crime Prevention Office at (901) 867-1401.

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