Click Here to Watch the Interview https://abcnews4.com/news/local/hanahan-police-partner-with-lead-to-empower-students-with-life-skills-abc-news-4-wciv?video=5fa4e4e6d57445ddaf6614fc6f190435 Law Enforcement Against Drugs (L.E.A.D.) is an initiative program that has partnered with the Hanahan Police Department to teach students the importance of avoiding harmful substances, violence, and more. Essentially, it is saying no to drugs, taken a step further. Fourth-grade students at Bownes Corner Elementary are learning… Read more
Grant From Rep. Fleischmann Will Benefit Local Students in Tennessee’s Third Congressional District by Creating More Resources to Educate Them on L.E.A.D.’s Anti-Drug, Anti-Violence Curriculum Chuck Fleischmann, the U.S. representative for Tennessee’s Third Congressional District, awarded L.E.A.D. (Law Enforcement Against Drugs & Violence) $203,000 in FY23 Community Project Funding for L.E.A.D.’s Implementation Project in Tennessee… Read more
L.E.A.D. (Law Enforcement Against Drugs & Violence), a nationwide nonprofit that works with communities to help students understand the dangers of drugs and violence, awarded “National Instructor of the Year” to Julie Ann Zeigler, a lieutenant at the Rutherford Police Department. The award was announced at L.E.A.D.’s Eighth Annual 21st Century Drug and Violence Prevention… Read more
As a result of a national settlement with the makers of opioids, there will be billions of dollars available to try to reverse the opioid crisis in the United States, which began in the 1990s and was responsible for more than 75,000 deaths nationwide in the last 12-month period measured by the CDC. Tragically, according to a recent… Read more
It’s June and the weather is hot hot hot. Let’s celebrate with street fairs, music and food truck festivals, carnivals, and more. Let’s leave the house to explore what NJ has to offer (or not, you do you). If you’re looking for something to do… I got you. These are my top 20 picks are… 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
L.E.A.D. Partners with Safer Schools Together to Train Law Enforcement and Schools to Keep Communities Safe ALLENTOWN, N.J., January 20, 2022–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Law Enforcement Against Drugs & Violence (L.E.A.D.) is a non- profit organization dedicated to bringing communities and law enforcement agencies closer together and educating communities about the dangers of drugs and violence. In partnership… Read more
To proactively address the potential pitfalls that the youth of East Brunswick face, Officer Reggie Wright of East Brunswick’s Community Policing Unit serves as an instructor for a K-12 educational program known as L.E.A.D. (Law Enforcement Against Drugs & Violence). However, before Wright took his oath to serve the public or entered a classroom to… Read more
WYCKOFF, NJ — Wyckoff Resident Colette Balaam has been elected Second Vice Chair of Law Enforcement Against Drugs & Violence (L.E.A.D.), a nonprofit dedicated to bringing communities and law enforcement agencies together by educating communities about the dangers of drugs and violence. “We are thrilled that Colette will be our Second Vice Chair,” said Nick… Read more
