Safe Passage 101
The primary purpose of this program is to support students traveling safely to and from school through a visible community presence.
What is Safe Passage?
During deployment, Safe Passage Ambassadors are expected to actively walk these rather than remain in one location.
What are pre-determined Safe Passage routes?
See something? Do this.
What is share/report it?
Ballou High School is located in this Safe Passage priority area.
What is Congress Heights
Safe Passage Ambassadors are crossing guards
What is False
These are the morning and afternoon deployment hours for Safe Passage Ambassadors.
What is 8:00 a.m. -10:00 a.m.
What is 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Safe Passage Ambassadors provide this along their routes to help support students during arrival and dismissal.
Safe Passage Ambassadors provide this along their routes to help support students during arrival and dismissal.
When things escalate, Safe Passage calls this public safety partner.
What is MPD
Dunbar High School is located in this Safe Passage priority area.
What is NOMA
Safe Passage Ambassadors are responsible for physically intervening in fights between students.
What is false
Safe Passage Ambassadors are often described as what two body parts of the Safe Passage program?
What are the eyes and ears?
Ambassadors serve as the eyes and ears of the Safe Passage program — observing, monitoring, and reporting issues to help ensure student safety without engaging in enforcement.
Safe Passage uses the MVP framework to guide our work on the routes. What does MVP stand for?
Monitoring, Visibility, Presence
Safe Passage and MPD both have these but they shouldn't work in silos.
What is information
Coolidge High School is supported by routes in this Safe Passage priority area.
What is Petworth/Brightwood
Safe Passage Ambassadors receive a clearance background check and drug test prior to employment
What is True
This is the number of priority areas included in the FY27 Safe Passage program.
What is 11
While walking their route, an Ambassador observes an abandoned or burned-out vehicle. What City service should they use to report it?
What is 311?
A Safe Passage Ambassador witnesses an incident. MPD arrives. What's one way they can assist?
What is share what they observed?
This recreation center is a familiar community landmark within the Brookland Safe Passage priority area
Safe Passage Ambassadors report on environmental hazards, such as broken sidewalks or poor lighting, that may impact student safety.
What is true
Name 6 of the 11 Safe Passage priority areas for FY27.
What is Anacostia; Brookland; Columbia Heights; Congress Heights; Eastern; Fort Totten; Minnesota Avenue/Deanwood; NoMa; Petworth/Brightwood; Potomac Avenue; Tenleytown.
A large fight breaks out among students along a Safe Passage route. What should Safe Passage Ambassadors do?
What is Contact MPD/911, notify their Supervisor, maintain a safe presence, and do not physically intervene in the fight.
True partnership shouldn't start here.
What is when an incident occurs?
This Safe Passage priority area shares its name with a Metro station on the Red, Green, and Yellow Lines.
What is Fort Totten
Safe Passage Ambassadors only need to report incidents involving students.
What is False.