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Deputy Do-Right

RIGHT by KIDS Program

Choose Right with Deputy Do-Right

  • Choose to buckle up in the car!
  • Choose to look both ways when crossing the street!
  • Choose to “say no” to drugs and alcohol!
  • Choose to be kind to younger and smaller children!
  • Choose to be sale and careful around people you don’t know!
  • Choose to be smart – study hard and pay attention in school!

Be Right with Deputy Do-Right

  • Be right with yourself – make good choices!
  • Be right to friends – help each other stay away from trouble!
  • Be right to adults – be respectful to parents, teachers and others!
  • Be right to animals – they depend on you!

The Need

The need for kids to receive quality, meaningful guidance from dedicated leaders has never been greater.  Therefore,“Do-Right” instruction will be provided by trained representatives from the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office. Programs may be presented by a sworn deputy, a civilian employee, or a Volunteer in Protection (V.I.P.).  Use of the expertise of a variety of employees within the Y.C.S.O. will provide the latest and most dynamic methods of training. One of the key aspects of the “Right by Kids” program will be its flexibility.  We will offer instruction to children within several age ranges.  Younger children, grades k-3 will learn valuable lessons about making healthy choices, protecting themselves against bullying and improving self-esteem.  Messages about drugs will be presented using methods and demonstrations suitable to their age group.  Older children will also receive instruction tailored to fit their maturity level. This program will not be exclusive to schools.  Sheriff Waugh’s “Right by Kids” program is available to youth groups, clubs, and church organizations.

You may contact our Community Action Coordinator Scott Reed for further information on having Deputy Do Right visit your organization.  E-mail Sheriff@co.yavapai.az.us or call him at (928) 777-7253.

What Parents Should Know

The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is proud to have created an innovative child safety education program intended to provide kids with information and ideas to keep them safe, healthy and drug free.  Professionals from the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, along with our program mascot, Deputy Do-right, visit Yavapai County schools and other youth groups with these important messages.  Children today are confronted at earlier ages with issues regarding illegal drugs.  One important aspect of the“Right by Kids” program is to reach young children with age appropriate messages about these harmful drugs.

Here are a few things PARENTS should know…

  • Once children begin to attend school they develop an increasing interest in the world outside of the family and home.
  • Children of all ages look to their parents for examples of appropriate conduct.
  • Even young children can be taught to understand that drugs interfere with the way our bodies work and that they can make a person very sick or even cause them to die.
  • Explain the idea of addiction – that drug use can become a very bad habit that is hard to stop.
  • Research has shown kids who learn anti-drug messages in the home are 54 % less likely to start using.
  • Educate yourself about the drugs that your children face in their world.
  • Always be clear about your opinions of drug use.
  • Express your feelings along with facts about dangerous drugs.
  • http://www.drugfreeaz.com  is an excellent information resource for parents.
Community support is vital to the success of this program! The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is committed to “Do-Right” by Yavapai County youth by providing creative and meaningful instruction, with up to date resources, offering professional guidance and service to help keep kids safe, healthy, and drug free. If you become a corporate or individual sponsor of the “Right by Kids” program, it will have a life time effect on the children of Yavapai County. Individual donations of $250.00 or corporate donations of $500.00 have been used to print lesson materials, purchase badges and stickers and other materials to give the kids when they become “Do-Right Kids”. The Community support of this innovative and much needed program for Yavapai County “Kids” is key to its success. If you would like to sponsor this program, directed your donations to “Right by Kids Program” in care of the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, or contact the Office of the Sheriff directly to discuss other options. A special thanks of appreciation to all our fine sponsors!
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The following sponsors have made the “Right by Kids” Program possible:

Affinity R.V. Service, Sales & Rentals – Robert Been, Owner – Prescott, AZ
Arizona County Attorney’s & Sheriff’s Association
Davidson’s – Prescott, AZ
Desert Caballeros – Wickenburg, AZ
Firesky Design & Construction – Chino Valley, AZ
Gunsite – Paulden, AZ
J&G Gun Sales – Prescott, AZ
Jake Weber, The Weber Corporation, Weber IGA Food Stores – Village of Oak Creek, AZ
Las Vegas Ranch – Stephen M. Pierce – Prescott, AZ
Prescott Frontier Days, Inc. ® – Home of the World’s Oldest Rodeo ®
Prescott Honda – Don Biele, Owner – Prescott, AZ
Prescott Whipple Stage & Transit – Stephen Silvernale, Owner – Prescott, AZ
Sir Speedy Printing – Prescott, AZ
Victor Pereboom, CPA – Prescott, AZ
Wal-Mart Foundation – Prescott, AZ
William & Marcella Pierce – Prescott, AZ
Yavapai County Mounted Sheriff’s Posse
YCSO Volunteers in Protection (V.I.P.’s)