Juvenile Programs

Comet Pride School Resource Officers

The Grand Ledge Police Department (GLPD) is proud to work with the Grand Ledge School District and provide two Comet Pride School Resource Officers. Through this partnership, GLPD maintains offices in the main office of Grand Ledge High School and Beagle Middle School, ensuring a police presence during the entire school day, including before and after regularly scheduled classes. School Resource Officers work closely with the administrative staff to ensure the safety and security of both students and staff. 

If you have any concerns, please get in touch with the assigned School Resource Officer. 

Grand Ledge High School

Officer Terra Thie, School Resource Officer: Email Officer Thie

Beagle Middle School

Officer Ariy Brown, School Resource Officer: Email Officer Brown

Youth Liaison Officer

We believe that early intervention is very important in correcting delinquent and criminal behavior, and as such, we maintain a Youth Liaison Officer (YLO). The YLO works closely with the courts and probation department to monitor youthful offenders and assist them in ensuring the successful completion of their sentences. The YLO monitors behavior and offers guidance when youth stray from legal behaviors. The YLO also works with the YES Center to promote healthy juvenile development within the City.

Teaching, Education & Mentoring (TEAM) School Liaison Program

The Teaching, Education, and Mentoring (TEAM) School Liaison Program is a school-based "law-related" education program taught by specially trained law enforcement officers. TEAM is a proactive effort to make schools and communities safer, promote responsible citizenship, and encourage positive character traits.

Curriculum

The curriculum has been developed at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels to provide students with a thorough understanding of laws and their responsibility as citizens to obey laws. TEAM is flexible and adaptable to virtually all classroom settings. In Grand Ledge, we have chosen to focus on the middle school level for maximum effectiveness, but we also provide some lessons for both elementary classes and at the alternative high school.

Each lesson is approximately 30 to 40 minutes in length and can be used as a stand-alone program for assemblies or special events, or can be instructed in a consecutive sequence. Working together, the police officer, the classroom teacher, and the school official decide when it is most appropriate to incorporate a TEAM lesson that will assist in classroom instruction.

Background

In 1998, TEAM was developed by the Michigan Department of State Police, in collaboration with public and private school curriculum experts. The most widely implemented school health education curriculum Michigan Model, was used as the basic foundation to create the TEAM School Liaison Program.

Goals

In Grand Ledge, the TEAM School Liaison Program's goal is to unite educators, students, and law enforcement to play an integral part in preventing crime. The philosophy is that while working together as a team, we can create relationships and be united in protecting children from becoming victims of crime.