SCHOOL RESOURCE DIVISION & C.H.A.M.P.S.

 

 

 

The Dade County Sheriff's Office currently employs 4 full time School Resource Officers. Each Deputy is assigned to a specific school, where they spend their days interacting with staff and students . All Deputies are available to school staff, and they assist them as needed.

 

Sheriff Cross is very passionate about teaching the youth in our county about the hazards of drugs, alcohol, and bad decisions. He adopted a curriculum designed by the Georgia Sheriff's Association, addressing those concerns, and assigned select deputies to teach it to our elementary schools. This program is known as C.H.A.M.P.S.

 

C.H.A.M.P.S. is an educational program designed by the Georgia Sheriff's Association, for 5th grade students. It stands for Choosing Healthy Activities and Methods Promoting Safety. It is designed to help students make the healthy decisions that come along with daily living. It was designed by the Sheriff’s of Georgia, to create a program that is customizable to your area, and your school system. Not every county teaches the same curriculum.

 

We currently teach several lessons throughout the school year.

 

Some of those lessons are:

 

• Introduction to C.H.A.M.P.S.

• Water Safety

• Stress

• Understanding Violence

• Alcohol

• Bullying

• Home Alone & Child Abduction Safety

• ATV Safety

• Prescription Drugs

• Internet Safety

• Hunting/ Firearm Safety

• Methamphetamine

• Marijuana

• Cocaine

• Tobacco

• Poster/Essay

• Peer Pressure

• Graduation

 

We do several activities throughout the year, like bringing the K-9's in to the school to meet the students, a field trip to the jail, and several other hands-on activities  At the end of the year, the Sheriff’s Office has a pizza party for the students. Also, there is a graduation for those students who have successfully completed the program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Captain David Duvall

School Resource Officer

C.H.A.M.P.S. Instructor

Deputy Amanda Lind

School Resource Officer

 

 

Deputy Allen Cloud

School Resource Officer

C.H.A.M.P.S. Instructor