
PUBLIC SAFETY STRONG
DeKalb's Safety with C.O.P.S.
Keeping Safety Our 'Community Priority'
End Human Trafficking - with HUMANS Care
Show your support – as a volunteer or donor – and make Athens, GA and the University of Georgia a pilot project.
- Helping Teens Learn How to 'Protect Themselves'
- Stopping Traffickers to Engage More Teens
- Offering Parents and Families on 'How to Protect Your Teens'

PROMOTING A HEALTHY COMMUNITY
Difficulties in schools
Children injured
Needing funds to teach youth
Volunteers to Teach Kids
Protecting Kids is #1 Goal NOW!

Saving children is a #1 goal this year
Today, SafeAmerica is assembling a new ‘model’ of protecting children in DeKalb County with CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson.
Under our ‘SAFE Tomorrows’ program, we’ll teach youth how to protect themselves, their friends and siblings. And, Commissioner Cochran-Johnson is planning more meetings – with parents and children – so they KNOW what makes their lives happy and safe… and how they can also help protect adults!!
Thanks to a grant from DeKalb County this year, SafeAmerica will introduce SAM, the Safe-T-Bear, who can advise younger children what they need to know additionally. And, in 2026, we’ll also hi-light SAM to children and adults our NEW SAM, the Safe-T-Bear! Our goal: to teach young children what they need to know and DO to have their lives best! And, we’ll also hi-light more in Walmart stores… as they ‘like’ SAM and also will seek to offer brochures or 3 new magazines called ‘SERVING America,‘ ‘SERVING PALs‘ and ‘ABOUT the Future.’ Having done great contests for children with Boys and Girls Clubs in the mid-1990s until 2000, we considered a ‘Safe America Kid‘ contest… and offer awards with Tournament of Roses in Los Angeles! In the future, we’ll also consider this again (starting with DeKalb County) and also teach kids who can upload a new app on their cell phones… and help ‘make safe’ every day!!
Meet SAM, the Safe-T-Bear with DeKalb and Walmart Stores!
SafeAmerica Thanked Clayton County Police to ‘DO Safe’ near ATL Airport…
…and now we’re serving ‘BE Safe, DeKalb’ as it Offers with SafeAmerica!
SafeAmerica thanked Clayton County Police Chief Kevin Roberts as Safe America began a SAFESouth ‘Safety Zone’ in 2019 to help work with public safety and save lives in Metro Atlanta. Now with DeKalb County, we’ll thank Captain John Ivey and his staff… and we’ll plan more to protect teenagers with DeKalb County and SafeAmerica. And, we’ll teach how to be ‘PALs’ for teens (Protecting ALL Lives) and we’ll help save girls from human trafficking (HUMANS Care rescue transportation) and teaching youth to be safe drivers.
Thanks to Street Grace CEO Bob Rodgers and other community leaders like Athens Mayor Kelly Girtz and Cobb Chairperson Lisa Cupid, we’ll spread our ‘COPS’ safety program across Metro Atlanta.
To be a devoted citizen who cares to SAVE LIVES, contact SafeAmerica COO Mary Lou Pagano at (404)-558-2212 and you can become a member of our ‘CEO Network.‘
To be a volunteer, email CEO Len Pagano at len.pagano@safeamerica.org or call him at (770) – 509-7958.