Community Education
- Community Education
Deputy David C. Litteral
One of the main goals of the Community
Education Office is to acquire and distribute the most current
information of a proactive nature therefore enabling citizens to
reduce the risk of being victimized by criminal activity. Programs are
provided to assist the community in recognizing crime, its causes, and
methods of preventing it. To accomplish this, the Sheriff's Office has
committed resources that include personnel, equipment, specialized
training and community based literature.
Serving the schools in Greene County is
another primary objective of the Community Education Office. We are
dedicated to insuring that this objective remains our focus as we help
our districts continue to provide a quality educational program for
which the Greene County System is recognized. Significant financial
savings are realized by minimizing duplication of services and by
providing cooperative personnel services in programs which individual
districts could not financially afford or efficiently manage on their
own.
During the summer the Community
Education Office coordinates and organizes an Annual Golf Fund raiser
for the D.A.R.E. Program, and the annual D.A.R.E. Camp program. The
Camp is a coordinated effort with the D.A.R.E. instructors from
Beavercreek, Fairborn and Xenia and is made possible through fund
raising efforts and donations. Another program organized by the Office
is the "Shop With-A-Deputy" event that is conducted annually
in cooperation with the Greene County Children Service. This event
provides less fortunate children of Greene County with a gift for
Christmas. Many other programs are conducted throughout the year for
the public interest such as: Neighborhood Watch group meetings, Safety
Awareness classes, Crime prevention sessions, and the Office conducts
monthly survey distributions. The Community Education Office also
attends several of the areas festivals and events. This gives the
Community Education Deputy an opportunity to receive input from the
public so that we may discover how the public feels the Sheriff’s
Office is doing to keep their community a safe place to live, work and
raise their children.
The Deputy assigned to the Community
Education / D.A..R.E. office is hand selected by the Sheriff and is
screened to make certain that the Sheriff’s Office "mission and
goals" are upheld to the highest level. The Deputy assigned to
this full time position must successfully complete the D.A.R.E.
Instructor Certification before he/she begins any class room
instruction. The Instructor Certification is a demanding,
comprehensive 80 hour class that is taught through D.A.R.E. America.
Some of what the D.A.R.E. curriculum instructor certification includes
is, curriculum, class room management, scheduling, and the learning
modalities of students. The instruction also includes intensive public
speaking classes. The prospective D.A.R.E. Officer must show his/her
proficiency with the course material and class room management by
teaching lessons from the curriculum to colleagues and in an actual
class room of students. Only after successfully completing all areas
of the instruction shall the Deputy receive the instructor
certification to enable him/her to teach the D.A.R.E. curriculum. The
Greene County Sheriff’s Office will strive to keep the Greene County
schools a safe place for our children to learn.
The Greene County Sheriff’s Office
sponsors Explorer Post #77 which is supervised by the Community
Education Deputy . The Post is made possible by a Charter with the Boy
Scouts of America. The purpose of the Post is to give young adults
between the ages of 15 and 21 the opportunity to learn about law
enforcement and to receive training through hands on experience with
the employees of the Sheriff’s Office.
If you are interested in learning more
about the Community Education Office or have questions about donations
click on the links below.
Message
to Parents & Caregivers
The
New D.A.R.E PROGRAM
How
to Report a Crime
Donations
Concealed
Carry Law Information Page
Other
Links
Click
Here to e-mail Deputy Litteral
Back to Sheriff's Home Page
