{"642028":{"#nid":"642028","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GTPD Supports Local Youth","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Police Department\u0026nbsp;officers have begun an exciting new collaboration with the Atlanta Police Athletic League (PAL). The PAL program aims to promote confidence, self-esteem, civic engagement, academic achievement, and social principles to Atlanta youth between the ages of 8 and 18 through a wide variety of safe and fun\u0026nbsp;activities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOfficers joined the Atlanta Police Department\u0026rsquo;s PAL program at their \u0026ldquo;Community Giveback\u0026rdquo; event where APD and other organizations provided food and entertainment. The event collected more than one hundred Thanksgiving food bags for community members.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGTPD also joined the Georgia Tech \u0026ldquo;RotorJackets\u0026rdquo; Drone Racing Team in Couch Park to allow\u0026nbsp;PAL participants to\u0026nbsp;race\u0026nbsp;drones in a safe environment. The kids first\u0026nbsp;practiced flying drones in the GTPD training room simulator while learning about flight simulation by GTPD\u0026rsquo;s Physical Security Specialist\/UAS Flight Director Jeff Hunnicutt.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nKicking off in 2021 will be a \u0026nbsp;new mentorship program via the GTPD between\u0026nbsp;members of the Student-Athlete Advisory Board and the PALs program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe PAL program aims to promote confidence, self-esteem, civic engagement, academic achievement, and social principles to Atlanta youth between the ages of 8 and 18 through a wide variety of safe and fun\u0026nbsp;activities.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"GTPD officers have begun an exciting new collaboration with the Atlanta Police Athletic League (PAL)."}],"uid":"35028","created_gmt":"2020-12-10 16:35:39","changed_gmt":"2020-12-10 19:07:59","author":"cbrim3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"642027":{"id":"642027","type":"image","title":"GTPD and PAL program group photo Nov 2020","body":null,"created":"1607617670","gmt_created":"2020-12-10 16:27:50","changed":"1607617670","gmt_changed":"2020-12-10 16:27:50","alt":"pic of group of gtpd and local youth for PAL program","file":{"fid":"243914","name":"PAL drone team Couch Bowl.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/PAL%20drone%20team%20Couch%20Bowl.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/PAL%20drone%20team%20Couch%20Bowl.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":217345,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/PAL%20drone%20team%20Couch%20Bowl.jpg?itok=IhuDEozH"}}},"media_ids":["642027"],"groups":[{"id":"383831","name":"Facilities Management"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"35921","name":"Facilities Management"},{"id":"3390","name":"Georgia Tech Police Department"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECathy Brim\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer I\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESustainability, Facilities and Safety\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["cathy.brim@facilities.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}