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July 12, 2012
United States Attorney Michael J. Moore for the Middle District of Georgia, GEMA/Homeland Security Director Charley English, and Dr. Garry McGiboney with the Georgia Department of Education announce that their agencies have joined forces to present the Third Annual “Safety in Our Schools Conference”. The conference will be held at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Conference Center in Tifton, Georgia, July 17-19, 2012.Educators, School Resource Officers, Local Law Enforcement Officers and Emergency Responders will have an opportunity to receive fourteen hours of training during the two and a half day conference. Topics will include: Drug Endangered Children, Safety and Security at Athletic Events, Bullying, Hazing, Cyber Safety, Cell Phone Search and Seizure, Georgia Gang Update, School Crisis Prevention and Intervention, Bus Safety Issues, Bomb Threat Management, and Youth Dating Violence.
United States Attorney Moore stated that, “When parents send their children to school each morning, they want to know that we all have done everything in our power to make sure that they come home safely at the end of the day. This training allows us to focus on the things that our combined efforts – as law enforcement, educators, and first responders – can do to make sure that our children have a safe place to learn.”
The media is welcome to attend. For additional information, contact Sue McKinney, Public Affairs Specialist, at (478) 621-2602 or Law Enforcement Coordination Specialist Pamela Lightsey at (478) 731-1824.
Excerpt: rst student to speak publicly among those charged with crimes in the hazing scandal at Florida A&M University has told HBO’s Real Sports he tried to protect the drum major who died.
Rikki Wills, who is among 11 students charged with felonies after the death of Robert Champion in November, told Real Sports contributor Frank Deford he and other drum majors tried to shield Champion from blows by other members of FAMU’s Marching 100 band delivered in an initiation called “Crossing Bus C.”
The story aired Tuesday evening on HBO.
The ritual involved walking from the front to the back of a parked bus, while dodging blows from other band members delivered by sticks, belts and fists.
“Robert started panicking. … He was like, ‘I can’t breathe, can’t breathe,’ ” said Wills about Champion’s reaction after the beating. “He said he couldn’t see. … He started saying, ‘Oh Lord, Jesus, please help me. Please help me.’ Those were probably the last words he said.”
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