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Officer Frienclly Program O OFFICER FRIENDLY BACKGROUND 5/1/89 For your background Information, we thought it would be helpful for you to know that. The Sears-Roebuck Foundation originated the Officer Friendly Program and has for more than twenty-three years been involved with its development. Participating communities have been provided our copyrighted materials at no charge. Student activity booklets and Officer Teacher Guides for k'ndergarten through third grade have been furnished in the past. These Guides are now out-of-print. A revised program is under consideration. In 1988 The Sears-Roeytuck Foundation invested more than $400,000 to support the Officer Friendly program. Mou than 450 communities across the nation received over $250,000 in materials for the 1988-89 school year. The largest program covers the state of Utah where more than 69 law enforcement agencies, 64*> schools, and 148,000 students in grades K thru 3 are involved. The smallest is a town in North Dakota with a very few students in one school. About l.O million elementary students and more than 60,000 educators are participating in the 1988-89 school year. Local Officer Friendly programs are conducted jointly by a community's law enforcement agency and its schools. Usually the Chief of Polic»j or Sheriff are involved but often an Officer is delegated responsitility to conduct the program. The Superintendent of Schools is u \lly involved, bat here too, the responsibility is often delegated to another educ. or who works with the law enforcement agency. The local principals and teachers generally enthusiastically participate ^n the program. Often their is a volunteer element associated with the local Officer Friendly program, such as the PTA. Parents, teachers and law enforcement personnel are oftan involved actively in the development of activities at the local level. The program is designed so that a uniformed officer can visit each classroom three times during the school year. To • ^ {So*-' IVlftiK. "Officer Friertdiy " is a regi«iered trademark of The Sears -Ro% cooperating public, prr/ate. parochial schools and their respects cooperation with The Sears Richard K. Hartung Program Manager The Sears-Roebuck Foundation Department 903 - BSC 51-03 Sears Tower Chicago,- IL 60684 s Officer Friendly programs are sponsored Oy u sherill departments throughout the nation, in nda'ion