On behalf of CPD partner the United States Attorney’s Office (District of South Carolina)
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA —United States Attorney Adair F. Boroughs, stated that today, October 19, 2022, the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO), along with their local, state, and federal law enforcement partners, will support schools across the state as they participate in South Carolina’s 21st Annual Student Pledge Against Gun Violence.
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- School Resource Officer J. Cann | W.A. Perry Middle
With a focus on keeping our schools and communities safe, students in middle school and high school are signing a voluntary pledge promising that they will never take a gun to school, will never resolve a dispute with a gun, and will use their influence to prevent friends from using guns to resolve disputes. Elementary school children are making a similar commitment—pledging that if they see a gun they will not touch it, they will tell a teacher or a trusted adult, and they will assume that any gun they see might be loaded.
The Student Pledge Against Gun Violence is a national program that recognizes the role young people, through their own decisions, can play in reducing gun violence. The program provides a means for beginning the conversation with young people about gun violence and encourages important conversations about gun safety and respectful ways to resolve disputes. Students from around the country will join together in pledging to do their part. For additional information concerning the pledge, visit the National Student Pledge website at www.pledge.org.
As it has done since 2002, the USAO reached out to all South Carolina law enforcement agencies and schools to make the pledges available to interested schools. The pledge effort is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a national program that has been historically successful in bringing together law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.
The following South Carolina schools and law enforcement agencies are participating in this year’s pledge. For information on events scheduled for a particular school, please contact the respective school or local law enforcement agency.
Participating Law Enforcement Agencies
Abbeville County Sheriff’s Office
Anderson County Sheriff’s Office
Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office
Cayce Police Department
Charleston Police Department
Chester County Sheriff’s Office
Columbia Police Department
Darlington County Sheriff’s Office
Easley Police Department
Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office
Florence County Sheriff’s Office
Hanahan Police Department
Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office
Lexington County Sheriff’s Office
Marion County Sheriff’s Office
Marlboro County Sheriff’s Office
Myrtle Beach Police Department
North Charleston Police Department
Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office
Richland County Sheriff’s Office
Rock Hill Police Department
Tega Cay Police Department
Williamsburg County Sheriff’s Office
Williamston Police Department
York County Sheriff’s Office
Participating Schools
Airport High School
Alcorn Middle School
Bethel-Hanberry Elementary School
Blythewood Middle School
Bookman Road Elementary School
Brockington Elementary Magnet School
Brookdale Elementary School
Brookland-Cayce High School
Busbee Creative Arts Academy
C.A. Johnson High School
Calhoun County High School
Carver Elementary Magnet School
Catawba Trail Elementary School
Center for Inquiry
Center For Knowledge
Center for Knowledge North
Chester High School
Chicora Elementary School
Clover High School
Cyril B. Busbee Creative Arts Academy
Darlington County Institute of Technology
Denmark-Olar Elementary School
Dreher High School
Dutchman Creek Middle School
- L. Wright Middle School
Eau Claire High School
Edisto Elementary School
Elloree Elementary/Middle School
Fairfield Magnet School for Math and Science
Forest Lake Elementary NASA Explorer School
Gold Hill Middle School
Greeleyville Primary School
H.B. Rhame Elementary School
Hand Middle School
Hannah Middle School
Hemingway M.B. Lee Middle School
Heyward Gibbes Middle School
Jackson Creek Elementary School
Joseph Keels Elementary School
Killian Elementary S.T.E.A.M. Leaders Magnet School
Lady’s Island Elementary School
Lake Carolina Elementary Upper School
Lake Carolina Lower Elementary School
Langford Elementary School
Leslie M. Stover Middle School
Logan Elementary School
Long Cane Primary School
Lonnie B. Nelson Elementary School
Lowcountry Acceleration Academy
Malcolm C. Hursey Montessori School
McColl Elementary Middle School
McCormick Elementary School
McCrorey School of Technology
McKissick Academy of Science and Technology
MED at Bridge Creek Elementary School
MSAP Donaldson
Muller Road Middle School
Myrtle Beach Middle School
New Bridge Academy
Newberry High School
North Springs Elementary School
Northside Middle School
Palmetto High School
Pendergrass-Fairwold High School
Pineridge Middle School
Polo Road Elementary
Pontiac Elementary School
R.H. Fulmer Middle School
Rivelon Elementary School
Sanders Clyde Creative Arts Elementary School
Sangaree Middle School
Spring Valley High School
St. Stephen Elementary School
Summit Parkway Middle School
Virtus Academy of South Carolina
W.A. Perry Middle School
Wallace-Gregg Elementary School
Westwood High School
Whittaker Elementary School
Wren Middle School
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CONTACT PERSON: Derek Shoemake, Public Information Officer, U.S. Attorney’s Office, [email protected], (843) 813-0982.