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coloring book, button shield and jacket 
Junior Correction Officer button shields -- a little less than 2 inches in diameter -- were distributed with the coloring books and ID cards. |
 Click on above image to access original size color cover (8.5x11) in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format that can be saved and/or printed on color printer. (365Kb) |
| In 1987, the Correction Training Academy, then as now at 66-26 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village, Queens County, published the Getting to Know Your New York City Department of Correction coloring book as part of a community outreach public safety and crime prevention campaign.
The central figure in the campaign was the ever-smiling "Officer Correct," conceived and drawn by talented artist Correction Officer James Vann, now retired and residing in Florida.
Vann continues to paint and draw and is with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office as a Community Service Officer assigned to the Orient Street Jail in the Tampa region. The outreach program, carried out under the direct supervision of Joseph M. Ramos, then Deputy Commissioner of Training, Recruitment and Community Affairs, included distribution of the coloring books and Junior Correction Officer button shields and ID cards in schools as well as community affairs COs addressing students in classrooms and assemblies.
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in its publication, the Getting to Know Your New York City Department of Correction coloring book, and in its "Training Academy Junior Correction Officer" button shield, and to the image/logo/icon known as "Officer Correct" and that name.
New York City Department of Correction A MESSAGE FROM ...
Richard J. Koehler, Greetings:
In an effort to inform and alert our city's youth to basic safety precautions, your New York City Department of Correction is offering this coloring book as an enjoyable way of communicating its safety message.
In the early years, our young learn best through the influence and guidance of their parents, family, teachers and their environment.
Young minds, however, must be reminded of safety procedures until they learn to employ them instinctively when challenged and during threatening situations.
We would like you to explore the contents of our book with your children, family and friends and explain to them any points they may not understand.
The Department of Correction understands and shares the concerns that our community has for their children and stands ready to help in their education, safety and well-being.
We know that children are, by nature, friendly and trusting but at the same time are very inquisitive.
We ask for your support and cooperation in fostering those basic safety habits throughout their growing years and at the same time learn that we too are here to help.
A MESSAGE Nathan Quinones, Greetings:
It was a great pleasure to review the contents of this innovative, educational coloring book.
Your agency has succeeded in creating an effective learning tool that both parents and teachers can use with young children.
The safety messages contained in the book are clear, appropriate and will be reinforced each time a child colors a picture,
I look forward to the coloring book's wide distribution throughout the school system.
It will be an important asset as we strive to improve the safety of the children of New York City.
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Edward 1. Koch, Richard J. Koehler, Graphics and Illustration: Getting to Know Your ... New York City Department of Correction is an official publication of the New York City Department of Correction Training Academy.
This coloring book is designed to provide timely and factual information on safety, prevention before detention, and neighborhood awareness against crime.
For more information call: New York City Department of Correction, 66-26 Metropolitan Ave., Queens, N.Y. 11379 - 718-417-xxxx [original last 4 digits in phone number no longer valid].
Now that you have learned about the Department of Correction, the Correction Officer's responsibilities, and the importance of prevention, Officer Correct would like you to conduct your own tour and security protection checklist of your home with your parents. While your family is inspecting your home, this survey will help pinpoint new ways you and your family can improve personal safety at home. 1. Are the locks on your most used outside doors of the cylinder type?
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They provide extra protection for vacant homes.
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For PDF of checklist (103 Kb), click here: Checklist PDF
Shadows, errant spots and other marks that surfaced in the scans
The New York City Department of Correction reserves and retains all rights to the texts and images
have been removed from the book page images above and from their linked PDF versions.
For an "as scanned" copy of the 20-page booklet in grayscale -- 6.6 Mbs -- click here: Rough scan full copy.
in its publication, the Getting to Know Your New York City Department of Correction coloring book,
and in its "Training Academy Junior Correction Officer" button shield,
and to the image/logo/icon known as "Officer Correct" and that name.
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