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State Senators Jamie Woodson and Tim Burchett presented a check to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office SCAN (Senior Citizen Awareness Network) Program on Monday.  The check for $15,000 will be used to purchase equipment and training for the Scan volunteers.

 

SCAN was organized in 1996 to provide services to the elderly and disabled in our community and help relieve the uniformed patrol officers from performing the time consuming tasks.  Six days a week, the volunteers check on the safety and security of older citizens who have enrolled in the free program.  Currently, the program has over 80 volunteers and approximately 225 recipients.

Volunteers provide confirmation of personal well-being, crime prevention information, victim outreach, companionship, conduct home security surveys, and provide advocacy for the elderly with local resource agencies such as the Office on Aging and Adult Protective Services.

SCAN volunteers are also the eyes and ears to the KCSO by immediately reporting to 911 any crimes in progress or emergency situations observed.