The Lima Noon Optimist Club's Safety City summer programs are underway.
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The Lima Noon Optimist Safety City, a fixture in the community for almost 50 years, has seen a surge in student participation this year. Officer Eric Mericle of the Lima Police Department said their field trip program has been attracting students from surrounding counties, hitting a milestone of 1,400 student visitors since March.
The Lima Noon Optimist Safety City opened its doors Saturday for a special reunion event, welcoming the public and past graduates of DARE and the Safety City program, to celebrate decades of community safety education.
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - The two largest trunk or treat events in the Lima area combined for the first time this year.
The Lima Police Department and D.A.R.E. teamed up for the annual D.A.R.E. Essay Competition, where young students write an essay on the lessons they learned in D.A.R.E. and how to apply the D.A.R.E. decision-making model when presented with a decision. The students were taken to Westgate Entertainment Center, where they celebrated with pizza, fun games, and bowling for their outstanding work.
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Kids dressed as their favorite characters and creatures went out to get some candy at Safety City on Saturday.
LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Safety City opened their doors to show families how they're teaching the region's kids to make the right choices in tough si…
The radKIDS program is a 13-week safety training that travels to various schools in Lima. Today's focus was dog safety featuring the Lima Police Department's newest K-9 named Roscoe. Students learned how K-9s track down suspects, find narcotics, and how they protect officers. The program teaches kids important lessons on self-defense and how to identify tricks child abductors may use.
Allen County, OH (WLIO) - The Lima Noon Optimist Safety City invited the public to check out what they are all about. They held an open house …
Thousands of kids have gone through the programming at Safety City but there are still people out there that have never heard of it. Safety Officer Eric Mericle is inviting the public out to take the grand tour and see what all has changed over the years.