Kids impacted by traumatic events or crimes will have someone at school aware and looking out for them under a new program now up and running city-wide in Fort Worth.
Handle With Care enables police officers who encounter a child at a scene, to pass on their name and school information so staff and counselors are aware the child has experienced something potentially serious.
Fort Worth came across the program in San Antonio, which started up an effort that was first developed in West Virginia in 2013. "Officers I promise you on a day-to-day basis, they want to go up and follow up with some of the incidents that happen, but due to call loads they're not able to," said Tracy Carter, with Fort Worth police.
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