Deputies, GATE students partner for a day at the Carson City Sheriff’s Office
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 01/08/2015 - 12:28pm
School children from Carson and Eagle Valley middle schools involved with the Gifted and Academically Talented Education program took a walk on the side of the law Wednesday to get a glimpse of three areas of the Carson City Sheriff’s Office: The Gang Unit, K9 and Special Enforcement Team, and the Mounted Posse.
It was the second year the sheriff’s office has worked with GATE students. Last year, the program focused on the K9 Unit, but this year, Lt. Brian Humphrey said he wanted to incorporate two more layers of the sheriff’s office for the kids to learn.
“It is such a great way for us to be able to work with, and build relationships with children in our community,” said Humphrey. “It gives them the opportunity to be familiar with us and what we do so they are comfortable with law enforcement.”
Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said Wednesday’s program with GATE is an extension of other law enforcement programs such as DARE and National Night Out. The idea is to reach out and build relationships with students. He noted that while sheriff’s office was unable to secure $250,000 this year in grant funding for its Cops in Schools program, the department is moving forward anyway, doing more with less and that includes more programs such as the one on Wednesday.
It is the direction of the sheriff’s office to supplement the loss with more outreach in the schools and partnerships with student groups such as GATE, said Furlong. Humphrey said he wants other school programs — from athletics to academics — to jump on board and said that teachers and coaches should contact him directly if they’re interested.
“There’s a belief out there that all we do is work with ‘bad’ kids or that is where our focus is. We don’t look at it that way. We see it as relationship building so that if a student has some trouble, whether it is at home or with other kids, he can come to us and tell us and feel comfortable knowing we are there to help,” said Furlong. “If you look at the popularity of the GATE program, we know that every child has a path and every child can fall off that path. By working with our GATE kids, we are reaching out to them because we want to include them.”
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