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From a Press Release: United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced that on Wednesday, October 19, 2011, members of the U. S. Attorney's Office and their law enforcement partners will meet with students across South Carolina as part of as part of South Carolina's 10th annual Student Pledge Against Gun Violence. Middle and high school students will sign 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 will make a simpler commitment, pledging that if they see a gun they will not touch it, they will assume that any gun they see might be loaded, and they will tell a teacher or a trusted adult. The effort is part of South Carolina's Project CeaseFire, which is South Carolina's implementation of the Department of Justice's Project Safe Neighborhoods program, which is aimed at reducing gun violence. The Student Pledge Against Gun Violence is a national program that recognizes the role that young people, through their own decisions, can play in reducing gun violence. This campaign against youth gun violence culminates each October in a Day of National Concern about Young People and Gun Violence. The program provides a means for beginning the conversation with young people about gun violence. Students from around the country will join together in pledging to do their part to end gun violence. Over the years, millions students nationwide have signed the pledge. Mr. Nettles said that the response to the pledge campaign has been outstanding, with approximately 68,761 students from 119 schools across the state agreeing to take part. "Our office is pleased to once again take this opportunity to reach out to South Carolina students and engage in a dialogue with students about gun violence and the importance of making right choices," stated Mr. Nettles. The U.S. Attorney's Office worked with schools and law enforcement agencies throughout the state to make the pledges available. In addition to providing the pledges, the U.S. Attorney's Office coordinated with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) to provide speakers to go out to schools across South Carolina and talk to students about what they can do to reduce gun violence. The following South Carolina schools and law enforcement agencies are participating in this year's pledge on October 19th. Participating Law Enforcement Agencies - Aiken County Sheriff's Department
- Bamberg Police Department
- Barnwell County Sheriff's Office
- Beaufort Police Department
- Beaufort County Sheriff's Department
- Bennettsville Police Department
- Berkeley County Sheriff's Office
- Blacksburg Police Department
- Cayce Department of Public Safety
- Charleston County Sheriff's Office
- Chesterfield County Sheriff's Office
- Clinton Public Safety
- Colleton County Sheriff's Department
- Columbia Police Department
- Conway Police Department
- Coward Police Department
- Darlington Police Department
- Dillon Police Department
- Dorchester County Sheriff's Department
- Florence County Sheriff's Department
- Florence Police Department
- Goose Creek Police Department
- Greenwood County Sheriff's Office
- Greer Police Department
- Horry County Police Department
- Kershaw County Sheriff's Department
- Laurens County Sheriff's Department
- Laurens Police Department
- Lexington County Sheriff's Department
- Liberty Police Department
- Mullins Police Department
- Myrtle Beach Police Department
- Newberry County Sheriff's Department
- Orangeburg County Sheriff's Department
- Pickens Police Department
- Richland County Sheriff's Department
- SC Department of Juvenile Justice
- SC State University Police Department
- Seneca Police Department
- St. George Police Department
- Summerville Police Department
- Sumter County Sheriff's Office
- Union Department of Public Safety
- York County Sheriff's Department
Participating Schools - Alston Middle School, Summerville
- Andrews Elementary School, Andrews
- Bamberg-Ehrhardt High School, Bamberg
- Bamberg-Ehrhardt Middle School, Bamberg
- Barnwell Elementary Schoool, Barnwell
- Batesburg-Leesville High School, Batesburg-Leesville
- Bells Elementary School, Ruffin
- Black Water Middle School, Conway
- Blacksburg High School, Blacksburg
- Branchville High School, Branchville
- Brewer Middle School, Greenwood
- Brockington Elementary Magnet School, Darlington
- Brookland-Cayce High School, Cayce
- Camden High School, Camden
- Carolina School of Inquiry, Columbia
- Castle Heights Middle School, Rock Hill
- Cheraw High School, Cheraw
- Cheraw Intermediate School, Cheraw
- Chesterfield Ruby Middle School, Chesterfield
- Clearwater Elementary School, Clearwater
- Clinton High School, Clinton
- Clover High School, Clover
- Clover Middle School, Clover
- Cyril B. Busbee Creative Arts Academy, Cayce
- D.P. Cooper Elementary School, Salters
- Darlington High School, Darlington
- Darlington Middle School, Darlington
- Dewey L. Carter Elementary School, Effingham
- East Elementary School, Dillon
- Ebenezer Middle School, Sumter
- Edisto High School, Cordova
- Edith L. Frierson Elementary School, Wadmalaw Island
- Felton Laboratory School, Orangeburg
- Finley Road Elementary School, Rock Hill
- Forest Heights Elementary School, Columbia
- Forestbrook Middle School, Myrtle Beach
- Foster Park Elementary School, Union
- Gilbert High School, Gilbert
- Gloverville Elementary School, Gloverville
- Goose Creek Primary School, Goose Creek
- Goucher Elementary School, Gaffney
- Great Falls Elementary School, Great Falls
- Greer Middle School, Greer
- H.B. Rhame, Jr. Elementary School, Columbia
- Hand Middle School, Columbia
- Harbison West Elementary School, Columbia
- Hardeeville Elementary School, Hardeeville
- Hartsville High School, Hartsville
- Henry Timrod Elementary School, Florence
- High Hills Elementary School, Shaw Air Force Base
- Hollis Academy, Greenville
- Hunter-Kinard-Tyler Elementary School, Neeses
- Hunter-Kinard-Tyler High School, Neeses
- J.C. Lynch Elementary School, Coward
- J.K. Gourdin Elementary School, Pineville
- James H. Hendrix - International Baccalaureate World School, Boiling Springs
- Jefferson Elementary School, Warrenville
- John De La Howe School, McCormick
- Johnsonville Elementary School, Johnsonville
- Kelly Miller Elementary School, Winnsboro
- Lady's Island Middle School, Beaufort
- Laurens High School, Laurens
- Laurens Middle School, Laurens
- Leavelle McCampbell Middle School, Graniteville
- Liberty Elementary School, Liberty
- Limestone Central Elementary School, Gaffney
- Lincoln Middle-High School, McClellanville
- Logan Elementary School, Columbia
- Luther L. Vaughn Elementary School, Gaffney
- Main Street Elementary School, Lake City
- Malcolm C. Hursey Elementary School, North Charleston
- Manchester Elementary School, Pinewood
- Marlboro County High School, Bennettsville
- Mayewood Middle School, Sumter
- McCormick Elementary School, McCormick
- Meadowfield Elementary School, Columbia
- Mellichamp Elementary School, Orangeburg
- Midlands Evaluation Center School, Columbia
- Mill Creek Elementary School, Columbia
- Moore Intermediate School, Florence
- Myrtle Beach High School, Myrtle Beach
- Myrtle Beach Middle School, Myrtle Beach
- New Ellenton Middle School, New Ellenton
- Newberry High School, Newberry
- North Aiken Elementary School, Aiken
- North Springs Elementary School, Columbia
- Northside Elementary School, Walterboro
- Oakland Primary School, Sumter
- Oakridge Middle School, Clover
- Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School, Orangeburg
- Pate Elementary School, Darlington
- Petersburg Primary School, Pageland
- Pickens High School, Pickens
- Pine Grove Elementary School, Columbia
- Pine Ridge Middle School, West Columbia
- Pocalla Springs Elementary School, Sumter
- R.E. Davis Elementary School, Sumter
- R.H. Fulmer Middle School, West Columbia
- Robert Smalls Middle School, Burton
- Rock Hill High School, Rock Hill
- Sandel Elementary School, Columbia
- Sanders Middle School, Laurens
- Scranton Elementary School, Scranton
- Sedgefield Middle School, Goose Creek
- Seneca Middle School, Seneca
- Shaw Heights Elementary School, Sumter
- Sneed Middle School, Florence
- South Florence High, Florence
- Southside Middle School, Florence
- St. George Middle School, St. George
- St. Stephen Middle School, St. Stephen
- Sumter County Career Center, Sumter
- Union County High School, Union
- W. J. Keenan High School, Columbia
- West Florence High School, Florence
- Whale Branch Middle, Seabrook
- Whittemore Park Middle School, Conway
- Williams Middle School, Florence
- Wilson High School, Florence
- Woodland High School, St. George
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