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Old October 4th 04, 10:35 PM
Robert M. Gary
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"Roger Long" wrote in message . ..
I should mention that CAP has the best abuse training I have seen, way
better than what I took for Boy Scouts or school volunteer.


Are you still in BSA? As a Scout leader I have to recertify with BSA
every year for my "Youth Protection Training". There is an on-line
quiz you must take at the end of it. If you show up for any BSA
activity w/o your current recert, you get sent home. Even if mom wants
to show up at camp for lunch one day, she must get "Youth Protection"
certified. I have boys that want to go on trips with us but unless I
have two adults in the car I cannot take boys other than mine.
Sometimes boys cannot go on trips because we don't have enough adults
to double-up. In the last 5 years this seems to have gotten way more
serious. Of course, I had to get the finger print thing done and the
background thing done. When I was coaching soccer and baseball the
leagues were starting to require similar. Of course any aware adult
today know that you never, never, never get yourself in a situation
where you are alone with a kid other than yours. You just never know
what could be said.

-Robert