TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – The Leon County Sheriff\u2019s Office has a new approach to teaching kids about safety.<\/p>\n
LCSO rolled out its \u201cSafety Star Series\u201d Tuesday, offering a weekly video series designed to help students learn important lessons in a way they can understand. Each episode will focus on a different safety topic, including stranger danger, online safety and crossing the street.<\/p>\n
The series also features an AI-generated version of Sheriff Walt McNeil, who said the goal is to help kids feel more comfortable connecting with law enforcement.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll kids understand that when something is wrong, they can sense that and they can understand that\u2019s something that shouldn\u2019t have happened and what we\u2019re trying to do is give them the courage to speak out and talk about that in a safe environment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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Sabal Palm Elementary students watched the first episode of the series Tuesday. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think with these videos just giving something, everything, every week that they can refer back to, that is animated because they love the animation part of that and it\u2019s something they can relate to,\u201d Principal Latoyer Hankerson said.<\/p>\n
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