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OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER 201 APR 19 P ' 37
NO. LTC ' # 092 -2011
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TO: Mayor Matti Herrera Bower and Members of the City Commission
FROM Jorge M. Gonzalez, City Manager
DATE: April 19, 2011
SUBJECT: . " Cheat the Reaper" Teen Anti -DUI Program
The purpose of this Letter to Commission (LTC) is to invite the Mayor and Commission
to the 12 Annual "Cheat the Reaper" Teen Anti- DUI program.
The 12t annual "Cheat the Reaper ", Teen Anti -DUI program will be held on
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. at the Miami Beach Convention Center
parking lot, 1900 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach; Florida.
The award - winning program will be enacted in front of .approximately' 1,000 high school
students from Miami Beach and Miami Northwestern. The visuals are guaranteed to
have an emotional impact on the students. School administrators, teachers and students
worked together with other community partners to produce this realistic drama complete
with make -up, a gallon or so of fake blood, and actual crashed vehicles.
This event is made possible by the coordinated efforts of the following: Miami Beach Fire
& Police departments, City of Miami Fire Rescue, Miami -Dade County Public Schools
Police Department, City of Miami Beach, Miami Beach Coalition for a Drug .Free
Community, Miami Beach Senior High School, Miami Northwestern Senior High School,
Miami Beach Senior High School PTSA, Drug Free Youth In Town, Tremont Towing,
Inc., Riverside Gordon Memorial Chapels, and Vista Convention Services South. Other
community partners include Department of Children and Families, J.M.H.. Emergency
Care Center, Communities in Schools and The Non - Violence Program.
As part of the re- enactment, every agency that would normally be called upon to
respond to this type of incident does what they normally do. The police respond and
perform the accident investigation, sobriety test and arrest. Fire rescue extricates the
victims, stabilizes them and transports them to the Hospital. Four. funeral home
attendants examine, carry and load the deceased into a black hearse. To create an even
more dramatic impact, a mock funeral for the deceased, arranged by Riverside Gordon
Memorial Chapels, will conclude the program.
Please contact me if you have any questions, or need additional information.
JMG /EY /DM
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