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Junior safety patrol is a voluntary group of crossing guards involving older students helping younger students cross streets in elementary and middle schools across the United States. The official School Safety Patrol program was organized in 1920 by the American Automobile Association. As of 1995, safety patrol members were located in 76 percent of the communities across the United States. AAA clubs across the United States and Canada sponsor the 500,000 member safety patrol program in 50,000 schools. Local AAA clubs supply training materials, badges and other materials, including the orange or neon green Sam Browne belt, needed to organize and operate a school safety patrol program.〔("Tribute to the American Automobile Association School Safety Patrols" ) U.S. House of Representatives. 10/12/95. Retrieved 8/25/07.〕 Former safety patrol members include U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton; Dr. Gary S. Becker, Nobel Prize-winning economist; U.S. Senator John Warner; former Michigan Governor William Milliken; Joe Garagiola, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame; Lee Iacocca, former Chairman of the Chrysler Corporation, and; Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, along with 21 astronauts.〔2007. ("AAA School Safety Program" ) American Automobile Association. Retrieved 8/25/07.〕 ==About== In many towns and cities across the United States today, the official School Safety Patrol program is operated as a partnership between local police departments, local government departments of transportation engineering, local school districts, and local chapters of the American Automobile Association. Today, generally, each school that has a junior safety patrol provides either a staff member or parent volunteer who organizes and supervises the junior safety patrol. Members of the patrol take a post at school crossings and work to ensure the safety of fellow students. School staff or members of the local police department may provide training, safety lectures, and an ongoing enforcement effort in areas surrounding schools. School staff or parent volunteers may provide direct supervision and support, while equipment for the safety patrol is provided by the local chapter of the American Automobile Association at a reduced cost or for free 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Junior safety patrol」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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