LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Michigan students will soon see the addition of 30 police officers walking their halls who have completed training in the Teaching, Educating, and Mentoring (TEAM) School Liaison Program.

According to a press release from the state, TEAM is a school-based, law-related curriculum for K-12 students. The TEAM police officers are trained to equip kids with the skills to protect themselves from crime. In addition to traditional topics like personal safety, how to dial 911, and dating violence, the TEAM curriculum has been updated to address facility assessments, bullying and harassment, cyber-crime, social media use, illicit drugs, and vaping.

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The TEAM class includes 30 officers from the following departments:

  • Allegan City Police Department
  • Benzie County Sheriff’s Office
  • Berrien County Sheriff’s Office
  • Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office
  • Constantine Police Department
  • Dearborn Heights Police Department
  • Emmet County Sheriff’s Office
  • Farmington Hills Police Department
  • Harbor Springs Police Department
  • Isabella County Sheriff’s Office
  • Lenawee County Sheriff’s Office
  • Livingston County Sheriff’s Office
  • MSP Cadillac Post
  • MSP Headquarters
  • Mackinac Island Police Department
  • Manistee County Sheriff’s Office
  • Mason County Sheriff’s Office
  • Montmorency County Sheriff’s Office
  • Osceola County Sheriff’s Office
  • Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office
  • Owosso Department of Public Safety
  • Richfield Township Police Department
  • Saginaw Township Police Department
  • St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Office
  • Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office
  • Zeeland Police Department