The youth of Guelph may be isolated in their homes during the pandemic, but the Guelph Police are still finding ways to connect with them.
Starting Thursday at 2 p.m., Guelph Police will be hosting interactive presentations for high school students in Guelph on topics that affect youth such as online and social media safety, drug awareness and mental health.
These presentations will follow the same format as presentations given in schools.
“Our youth officers are also always looking to form those positive relationships because we understand that the relationships we make when they are young carries over to when they’re adults in a few years and they go from being our youth to our leaders,” said police spokesperson Cst. Kyle Grant.
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Constable Stewart Robinson and high school resource officer James Nightingale will put together five interactive presentations using Microsoft Teams. They’ll be able to interact with students on the platform directly and this will allow students to ask follow up questions on the presentations.
For every presentation that a student virtually attends, they will be given two community service hours allowing them to collect up to 10 community service hours if they attend all five presentations.
Grant said the information that youth get will not only help them stay out of trouble but it will help set them up for a successful life.
“The more that the community — especially our youth — understand the laws and get that information, it can help with their decision making,” said Grant.
In order to access the presentations, students must download the Microsoft Teams app and send a direct message to Officer Stu (@officer_Stu) and Officer James (@Officer_Jamesn) on Instagram to receive a link to the presentations.
