BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (WTXL) - Wednesday afternoon, this year's Chamber of Commerce Youth Leadership Class visited with officers and investigators from Bainbridge Public Safety in an effort to learn more about local policing efforts.
During the two-hour course, students saw how a drug dog can sniff out marijuana from a sealed bag.
Some chose to volunteer and role play as law enforcement officers making traffic stops and responding to other types of emergency calls.
While there was a lot of laughter during the scenarios, the mood changed quickly when the students learned that each scenario was based on a real situation that these law enforcement officers have encountered.
The hope is that the students will see what law enforcement officers deal with on a day-to-day basis.
"Certainly a better understanding of what officers go through everyday in their line of work, but also that they're human. The guy pulling them over isn't just some big scary guy. They have families. They have personalities, and that they're here to help," said President, Adrienne Harrison.
During the course of the year, the Chamber of Commerce Youth Leadership Class meets with several different community leaders throughout the area, all in an effort to learn how to better be a leader themselves.
