[Music. Title screen. Text says, Project Safe Neighborhoods “Project Sentry.” New screen. 
Text says, “The program began teaching the medical, legal, and emotional consequences of gun violence in 2002.” 
New screen. Text says, “Today it has impacted thousands of elementary and middle school students.” 
New screen. Text says, “One school at a time.” ]


[A man hands out papers to a table of middle school students. The students look at the papers. The words, 
“Day One” appear over a picture of a large room full of students. Students on a stage reenact a fight. Shouting. 
Applause. Female speaker at a podium.]

When you see your peers doing something like that and you know that it’s not real. But how many of you know 
that if someone is shot with a gun, it’s real?


[Male speaker walking among the students in the room.]

When I got caught up I had a lot of friends. I had as many friends as half of this room, believe it or not. 
But where were those friends when I got locked up? 


[Background voices.]

When I stood in front of that judge, and the judge sentenced me to my time, nobody was there. There was no friends. 


[Music. Applause. The words, “Day Two” appear over a picture of a large room full of students. 
Female speaker at a podium.]

How many know if they went to Detroit Receiving Hospital after they were shot? I work at Detroit Receiving Hospital.


[Ohs from the crowd. Female speaker shows slides of gunshot wounds. Students pass around a sample of chest tube.]

All that drainage can go into the bag here. And until that drainage stops or until they have to go in and repair it, 
this chest tube is left in and it is stitched into your skin. You can see the stitches on the screen. 


[Male ATF agent speaks to the students from onstage.]

Shot him right there because he stepped on his shoe. Is your life worth losing over stepping on somebody’s foot? 
It’s all about body language, it’s all about being able to resolve the conflict quickly, and being able to say, 
“I made a mistake, my bad, my fault, let me hook you up on me, and let’s be off.” 


[Music. Applause. The words, “Day Three” appear over a picture of a large room full of students. A male speaker 
who is in a wheelchair speaks from onstage. He is surrounded by other gunshot victims in wheelchairs or otherwise 
disabled.]

We blast to be here still, you know, that’s kind of the plateau of the pioneers, you know, the fact that we 
all sustained, you know, the sample of injuries due to gun violence. The reality is that faces us out here really 
is not a joke. And that is why we’re here, really, cause we all see us in these wheelchairs here, and the sister 
that’s standing me here, she’s blind, you know, and all of this came from senseless acts of violence. 


[Applause. A male police officer speaks from onstage and shows slides.]

Programs such as these are what influenced me to get involved in law enforcement way back when. Four things to 
remember whenever you run across a gun. Stop. That means stop talking, stop doing whatever you’re doing, because 
when you stop doing something, you start thinking. Next thing: Don’t touch. That means don’t touch the gun. 
Leave the area, it’s time to jet baby. And then, tell an adult. 


[A man in a suit speaks from onstage.]

With regard to your futures, let me say this while I have your attention. I hope everyone in here understands 
that you can be whatever you want to be. Set your goals high. You can be a lawyer, you can be a judge, you can 
be a law enforcement officer, a doctor, an educator. You can do whatever you want to do if you work hard right 
now to make those dreams come true. And just remember one word, and that word is perseverance. 
Can you say “perseverance”?


[Crowd replies in unison.]

Perseverance.


[Male speaker.]

One more time.


[Crowd replies in unison.]

Perseverance.


[Male speaker.]

That’s right. That means you don’t quit.


[Students applaud. A song plays in the background. A Project Safe Neigborhoods print ad featuring the images 
of two boys appears. It says, “Save their lives. Report illegal guns. Call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.” 
A second print ad appears. It says, “Gun crimes start a chain reaction. Anonymous. 1-800-SPEAK-UP. Reward. 
Five years hard federal time.]


[Song lyrics.]

Keep peace in the hood. 
In the neighborhood. 
Keep peace in the hood. 
In the neighborhood. 
Don’t bring a message with a gun. 
Nobody’s ever made a friend with one.
You need something for your head
Try some music instead.

Keep peace in the hood. 
In the neighborhood. 
Keep peace in the hood. 
In the neighborhood. 
Build it up now
Yeah.

[Closing screen says, “Project Sentry Partners: U.S. Attorney Jeffrey G. Collins, Assistant U.S. Attorney 
Noceeba Gordon, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Michigan State Police—Trooper Walter Crider, 
Detroit Receiving Hospital, Pioneers for Peace, Yo! Youth Opportunity Movement—Carlos Bonilla. 
Video production: Alkorn video. Producer: The Goodwin Co. www.psnworks.org