“Our goal is to provide youth with a safe place to learn how to be successful, get along with others, take pride in themselves, and to make right choices.”
Youth Against Violence is an eight week program that is administered by Deputy Chief Sparks, Lt. Winklepleck, and Det. Nutter of the Douglasville Police Department. Many volunteers and outside speakers also participate weekly in the program. Some of the subjects that are discussed include: Gang Violence & Prevention,
Drug Prevention, Anger Management,Conflict Resolution,
Sex Laws, Decisions & Choices, and Ethics & Values.
“It is our mission to provide youth with a variety of tools to help them transition through their adolescent years into young adulthood, without experiencing or continuing to experience self-imposed obstacles such as joining a gang, selling or doing drugs, committing crime, going to jail, dropping out of school, becoming a teenage parent, attempting suicide, or any other type of self-destructive behaviors.”
