Mount Olive Officers Teach Kids To Say No To Drugs

One of the best ways to tackle drug epidemics is to stop use before it happens. Mount Olive Township police officers are doing their part in stemming the flow of future drug use by teaching youngsters how to say no.

Mount Olive Township Police officers will be heading into elementary school classrooms in order to teach students about the optimal way to live life: safe, and drug-free.

“We have six trained officers who will be teaching this program. The officers are Sergeant Mase,
Corporal Russell, and Officers Braikovich, Grimm, Elbaum, and Sciscione," announced Mount Olive Police Chief Stephen Beecher. "These officers will be attending Back to School Night at the elementary schools to introduce themselves to school staff and parents.”

The lessons are a part of the L.E.A.D. (Law Enforcement Against Drugs) and the Too Good for Drugs and Violence curriculum, which state education leaders are advocating as a means to teach kids about the vice of drugs. The Mount Olive Township Police will introduce the program district-wide for the 2016-2017 school year.

"I grew up in Mount Olive Township and remember the drug-free curriculum having a positive effect on my life," said Program Director for L.E.A.D, Corporal Michael Russell. "I believe that a direct relationship between the schools, parents, and community, that this curriculum can provide gives kids the opportunity to adopt a positive, healthy mind set which can remain with them throughout their lives."