Beginning August 1,Teen and Police Service Academy (TAPS) students in Texas are eligible to receive one credit toward high school graduation. TAPS, which launched in 2011 at Beechnut Academy in Houston, Texas, is an innovative program designed to bolster the relationships between police and at-risk youth.
Over the past three years, TAPS Academy has been successful in narrowing the social distance between youth and police by graduating over 230 students. TAPS is currently offered in Miami and Tampa, Florida; Columbus, Ohio; Houston, Galveston, and El Paso, Texas and Ponce, Puerto Rico. The program welcomes its 12th, 13th, and 14th academies this summer and has grown to serve and provide support to communities in seven cities across the country and into the Caribbean.
TAPS Academy is expanding as high school and juvenile facilities across the nation are recognizing the benefits of the program.
More information about TAPS Academy can be found at TAPSAcademy.org or Facebook.com/TAPSAcademy.
