Cambridge Officials Attend District Attorney Ryan’s Annual Superintendents and Chiefs Breakfast

CAMBRIDGE, MA - This week, Cambridge officials joined more than 115 school superintendents, police chiefs, fire chiefs and elected officials from Middlesex County at Middlesex District Attorney Marian's Superintendents and Chiefs Breakfast.

In a statement, District Attorney Ryan said the breakfast offers "an important opportunity for bringing together educators, police and fire chiefs as well as legislators to discuss innovative initiatives to intervene with children before they become involved in the justice system,”

This year's event, held at UTEC in Lowell, brought staff from the district attorney’s office together with educators, law enforcement and community leaders to collaborate on students’ safety, juvenile justice and crime prevention strategies.

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“Partnerships like Project CARE, which works to provide mental health services to children who experience trauma, as well as our juvenile diversion program, which offers an alternative to prosecution, are examples of the proactive measures that the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office and Middlesex County educators are implementing to keep students safe and healthy," said District Attorney Ryan.

According to a release, District Attorney Ryan took the opportunity to discuss the work of the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office in encouraging students to make safe and healthy decisions, addressing topics including opioid and substance misuse and its impacts on children and adolescents, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office’s Juvenile Diversion program, designed to work with first-time juvenile offenders as an alternative to prosecution and educational initiatives like the Cut-it-Out program, a training for cosmetology students, including those at vocational high schools, that educates future aestheticians to recognize the signs of domestic abuse.

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