SURREY SAFE SCHOOLS MANAGER HONOURED

Theresa Campbell, Surrey School District's manager of safe schools,
has received a provincial Crime Prevention and Community Safety Award.

Over the past six years, Campbell has worked on safety projects for
70,000 young people and was instrumental in bringing safe school
liaisons, as well as substance abuse liaison counsellors, to all high
schools.

She also helped to develop a system of alternative suspensions in
which students aged 10 to 15 who have been suspended for behavioural
problems attend a two-day program to build their self-confidence and
self-esteem.

Campbell created the Protecting Surrey Schools Together interactive
website, enabling kids to report incidents of bullying, drug
trafficking, vandalism and other infractions anonymously to school
administrators, with great success.

She has also brought in school-based threat assessments to help
increase student safety.

Campbell is among the 19 society and business leaders, volunteers,
groups and police officers honoured at the 10th annual Solicitor
General Community Safety and Crime Prevention Awards.

The awards recognize excellence in youth leadership, media, local
government leadership, crime prevention and community safety,
volunteering and community policing.

"These individuals and groups have dedicated countless hours and taken
personal responsibility for making their communities better places to
live and their efforts are laudable," said Attorney General Wally Oppal.

"The public and their colleagues throughout the justice system benefit
from these community-led, volunteer efforts."