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Students and staff at the Crim Primary School received an education on law enforcement that was presented by the perfect instructors.
Those teachers were actual law enforcement officers who paid a call to the Crim on Tuesday, January 9. They were invited by the Crim community to visit and celebrate National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day.
Crim’s students and staff appreciated their informative guests—all 14 of the officers who spoke that day. A strong proponent of honoring men and women who protect our communities is Kelliann Ten Kate, the Principal at Crim.
“National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day is the perfect time to show officers we understand their difficult work and appreciate their sacrifice and risk,’’ Principal Ten Kate declared. “Law enforcement officers are a critical part of our lives, woven into the everyday fabric of living in America. To show law enforcement officers how much we value them, the Crim School community invited law enforcement officers to visit classrooms to talk about the difficult work role in the safety and sacrifice of law enforcers.’
The welcome guests sat in various classrooms and shared their careers and information with students and teachers while there were also larger gatherings in Crim’s all purpose room. Whether in a small or large surroundings, the friendly officers also fielded questions about their profession.
Ted Lewis, who is the Assistant Coordinator of School Security for the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, was among the officers who spoke to an attentive audience.
“It is great that Crim invited us this day,’’ said Mr. Lewis, who had previously served in the Hillsborough Police Department. “This is amazing. We get a chance to talk to the students and tell them about our careers.”
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Principal Ten Kate and her school were honored to serve as the hosts. And some are acquainted with Crim. “Many of the students and staff at Crim have family members or friends in law enforcement,’’ Principal Ten Kate revealed.
She added:“We are grateful and humbled to have our law enforcement officers who volunteered to visit our classrooms.” Mr. Lewis was accompanied at Crim by three other Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District Security officers—Ted Reese, Mark Szymanski and Gary Ulmer.
The other honored guests were Somerset County Prosecutor Detectives Anthony England and Rigoberto Gonzalez Jr, Lieutenant Brian Blath, Detective Garrett VanDoren and Officer Hanif McClinton, all from the Bridgewater Township Police Department, Officers Vittorio Spadea and Nicole De Blase of the Somerville Borough Police Department, U.S. Federal Air Marshal Wydell Register and New Jersey State Police Troopers Brian Kruzel and Steven Levash.
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