The City of OKC sends this information as posted below:
Registration for the spring semester of the Oklahoma City Police Department’s Youth Engagement Council (YEC) is now open for students in grades 9 through 12 who attend school within Oklahoma City limits.
The YEC gives Oklahoma City area youth direct access to OKCPD command and officers to discuss everyday issues they face within their neighborhoods, schools and larger communities, helping to foster understanding and trust between community youth and law enforcement.
The first YEC session for spring will be held Feb. 10 at Capitol Hill High School. Additional spring semester sessions take place on March 10 at Frederick Douglass High School and April 14 at U.S. Grant High School. Meetings are held from 5 to 6:30 p.m., with dinner provided. Students are encouraged to attend all three sessions but are not required to do so.
Students can register online using this registration form. Registration is not required but is strongly encouraged.
“While our three fall YEC sessions saw record average attendance, we want to continue engaging more youth in the discussions about their experiences in their schools and neighborhoods during the three spring sessions,” Oklahoma City Police Chief Ron Bacy said. “These sessions enable us to listen to our students’ unique perspectives and discuss concerns on topics ranging from how to report a threat in their school or community or how to handle police encounters.”
Bacy added that the larger goal of Youth Engagement Council is for students to play a role in not only identifying the issues they experience but also incorporating students into the process of finding solutions that affect change within their communities and schools.
OKCPD Youth Engagement Council is part of the OKC Public Safety Partnership, a collaboration among community stakeholders, city council, OKCPD, OKCFD and residents to advance public safety for the Oklahoma City community.
Learn more about the Youth Engagement Council: https://www.okc.gov/Services/Public-Safety/Police/Community-Outreach-Programs
Learn more about the Public Safety Partnership: Public Safety Partnership
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