Criminal Justice working toward a better world

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Samina Shaikh

Members of the Criminal Justice program lead the Purple Pride drumline and the varsity football team onto the track toward the run-through banner during the season-opening game with Silsbee. Club members do this each home game.

Fernanda Larrazabal, NDN Press

For those interested in joining Criminal Justice, the club meets every Thursday morning from 7:30 a.m.-8 a.m in room 1011.

Criminal Justice,  a club sponsored by Mr. George Navarro, is the theory of law and the overview of work in the political justice system.

It promotes student activities with the fire and police department. Criminal justice also has a competition team and participates in public service activities, helping out with police department fundraisers.

When asked why he decided to go into the Criminal Justice field, Navarro’s  answer was short and honest.

“I just wanted to make the world a better place,” he said. “That’s at least from where it started.”

They compete against other schools, from Southeast Texas to Houston.

The competitions include traffic stops, obstacle courses, and many other types of police events. Obstacle courses have male and female divisions. They test memory skills with making then they do push ups, hurdles, and low crawls, and every mistake made adds 5 seconds to your time.

Regionals is almost the same as regular competition except that at the end you have to pull an 80-pound dummy from a car and the fastest person to do it get 1st place.

Last year, a PN-G member took 3rd place in state and 1st place in regionals.

Club members also help out at football games, acting as student security.

They look after traffic under the bleachers, bear the flag, monitor handicap parking spaces, check the school doors and walk around the campus.

They also provide water for the first responders, making sure they stay hydrated as they cant move from their spots most times.