Environment, education, beliefs, family situations, shyness, bullying and more can all play a role in the future of a child. MPD officers often know youngsters who need help. The MPD Family Intervention Team (FIT) helps provide it.
MPD realizes it takes more than enforcing the law to keep every youngster safe. MPD officers can refer people who need help to the trained specialists of the MPD Family Intervention Team. The team’s services are a high priority. It reports to Chief Barber. Its members help young people in trouble or on the verge of trouble. They teach practical citizenship in our schools. They also teach children how to stay safe and get help. They help children who are hurt, marginalized, shy, bullied, frightened or don’t have a family structure. They help all children by giving them accurate information about how our society should work and how they can participate in it. In addition to working in our schools, they work with children at the Strickland Youth Center and their parents. Children and parents can count on them.
Children and parents can contact the Family Intervention Team at ____ or through this link______.
(Photos or videos of FIT team members helping at school, children walking to school, children playing)
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