DIMONDALE, Mich. (WLNS) — The long-time Michigan State Police program called TEAM (Teaching Educating And Mentoring) has graduated 18 officers who are now ready to serve children in the community.
“As we’ve seen, there’s been lots of school shootings attacking and everything else. This is just an extra step to keep the kids safe when you consider that,” Sargent Martin Miller, Grants and Community Services Division said.
According to MSP officials, TEAM is a school-based, law enforcement lesson taught to grades k-12 by TEAM-trained police officers.
Miller said the program trains school resource officers to respond to the ever-changing dangers that he said are only getting more intense. “It’s been here, but the volume and the degree of these types of attacks has definitely stepped up,” Miller said. “And we are definitely more aware of them because of the news and the social media and the ramifications that those have.”
As of now, only certified officers are allowed in the TEAM training program, but Miller said he expects this education will be opened up to the public, in the future.