When Clearwater Police Department Sergeant Kevin Klein got to work on Jan. 29 last year, he had one goal: to find eight-year-old Alessia Muhaj unharmed.

A drunk, wrong-way driver narrowly missed crashing head-on into a Tampa officer late last month, according to the police department.

The Shielding Our Teens program is helping students transition from the classroom to the working world. Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercaw kicked off the three-week initiative at Freedom High School Monday ...