Milan Police Lieutenant Detective Nicholas Glenn was recently recognized with two awards for his outstanding work which includes him educating kids on the value of drug and violence prevention. Law Enforcement Against Drugs and Violence (L.E.A.D.) named him the National Instructor of the Year and The Tennessee Instructor of the Year at Seventh Annual 21st… Read more
WOODCLIFF LAKE—Former Police Chief Anthony Jannicelli has been recognized as L.E.A.D.er of the Year by Law Enforcement Against Drugs & Violence (L.E.A.D.), a nationwide nonprofit committed to protecting communities from drugs and violence. The award was presented to Jannicelli at L.E.A.D.’s Seventh Annual 21st Century Drug and Violence Prevention Training Conference in Atlantic City, held… Read more
MAPLEWOOD, N.J. — Adults in New Jersey will be able to buy marijuana legally beginning next week. The state’s regulatory body has issued licenses to seven medical marijuana companies, including 13 dispensaries. Some of those will start selling recreational pot to people over 21 on Thursday, and as CBS2’s Nick Caloway reports, retailers and officials are expecting… Read more
The first sales of recreational, adult-use cannabis in New Jersey will start next Thursday, marking the culmination of a yearslong effort to legalize marijuana and to curtail the racially unbalanced penalties for possessing the drug. At least a half-dozen medical-marijuana dispensaries are planning to open their doors to all adults on April 21 after winning final… Read more
Police Chief Conforti and Public Schools Superintendent Ponds were on hand for the kick-off of the Law Enforcement Against Drugs program.
Nicholas R. De Mauro Special to the USA TODAY Network It looks like we are just now weeks away from legal recreational cannabis here in the Garden State as New Jersey follows suit with many other states in the union. At this writing, 37 states permit medical marijuana, 18 plus Washington, D.C., permit recreational marijuana,… Read more
WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ – Wall Township Police Officer Orin McKay visited Old Mill School on Tuesday to teach students about the dangers of drugs, drug crimes, and peer-to-peer cyberbullying. “Patrolman Orin McKay conducted L.E.A.D. training to a 5th-grade class at the Old Mill School,” the Wall Township Police Department said. “The Wall Police Department, in… Read more
The L.E.A.D police officers, who talk to Middletown fifth graders, say the main issue kids bring up is how to deal with social media.
Brian Pickton not only keeps the community safe, but has been shaping the lives of young students for 10 years instructing the L.E.A.D. program.
The new chief of the Clark County School District Police plans to expand classroom programs with younger students.
