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The Miami-Dade Red Ribbon Week Campaign (October 23-31) was once again a success on educating Miami-Dade students on Drug Prevention. Youth Crime Watch of Miami-Dade County along with other law enforcement and crime prevention agencies visited many schools in conducting Drug Prevention assemblies & presentations. This year’s Red Ribbon Week theme was “I Am Drug Free, See the Connections- Choices=Consequences”. YCW incorporated the theme within the drug prevention presentations at the schools. Youth Crime Watch of Miami-Dade County alone served 10,245 students by conducting 81 Drug Prevention presentations in assemblies & classrooms at 25 Miami-Dade schools during the campaign; McGruff The Crime Dog once again played a vital role in many of the YCW Red Ribbon Week school assemblies & classroom presentations. Numerous YCW School Programs (clubs) also spearheaded their schools’ Red Ribbon Week Campaigns.

The Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) Be Safe: Anonymous Reporting System is an effective anonymous reporting system where students can report crimes, weapons, drugs, or any safety concerns in a safe anonymous manner. It was developed by M-DCPS Mental Health & Crisis Management Services and the M-DCPS School Police Department. It features several reporting methods. Students can call in the information to the M-DCPS School Safety Hotline 305-995-COPS (2677), submit the tip online to http://besafe.dadeschools.net, and also text the tip via a cell phone to 274637 (CRIMES) keyword: Besafe. The M-DCPS “Be Safe” anonymous reporting system is constantly mentioned in YCW Presentations, Assemblies, and Club Meetings. A few of the YCW programs (clubs) in the secondary schools are planning to coordinate campaigns in order to publicize the “Be Safe: Anonymous Reporting System” in their schools.