Cadet Protection Program CPPT

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Cadet Protection Program(CPPT)
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Educational Goal

• To understand the workings and importance of the
  Cadet Protection Program to the individual cadet.
• Each student will be able to
• State the purpose of the CPP.
• Discuss the application of the CPP in terms of
  his/her experience.
• Explain the importance of the CPP in terms of
  training experience, and in terms of personal
  integrity.

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Reasonable Expectations

• Safe Environment
• Reasonable comfort and welfare
• Drug free
• Free from
• Discrimination
• Harassment
• Sexual, Physical, and Emotional Abuse
• You dont have to take itjust say no!

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Purpose

• The purpose of the CPP is threefold
• Protect cadets minors in our care
• Protect senior members and older cadet NCOs and
  officers
• Protect CAP, Inc.

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Components

• Background Screening
• All Senior Members
• All Cadet Sponsor Members (CSM)
• Report abuse to
• Trusted Senior Member or adult
• Squadron Commander
• Next higher commander
• Nation Headquarters Corporate Legal Counsel

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CAP Policy

• Commanders should
• Carefully select senior members in the squadron
• Encourage members to report any abuse
• When abuse is suspected
• Suspend the member from working with cadets
• Immediately notify HQ
• Take other appropriate actions
• Conduct periodic orientation of senior members
• Insure cadets are informed of policies

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CAP Policy

• Insure at least two senior members or CSM are
  present at all activities
• Particularly overnight activities
• There are reasonable exceptions
• Chaplain counseling
• O-flights

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CAP Policy

• Sexual Abuse
• Cadets are not subject to
• Molestation
• Touching or contact
• Remarks, jokes, or stories of a sexual nature
• Any sexual material
• Physical Abuse
• Cadets will not be struck, hit, hazed or
  assaulted in any way.

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CAP Policy

• Procedures
• Complete fingerprint card
• Complete FBI background check
• No felony convictions
• No convictions on abuse or child-related
• Review and approval by HQ

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CAP Policy

• Required training
• Senior Members must complete it as well as cadets
  when they turn 18
• Orientation/Familiarization
• Cadets
• Parents

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CAP Policy

• Reporting Abuse
• Who can report abuse?
• ALL members, cadet and senior member
• Parents and guardians
• YOU!
• Hazing
• any conduct whereby someone causes another to
  suffer or to be exposed to any activity which is
  cruel, abusive, humiliating, oppressive,
  demeaning, or harmful

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CAP Policy

• Hazing (continued)
• Physical Training
• CPFT is progressive
• Must be appropriate to cadets age and experience
• Discipline for the purpose of punishment is
  prohibited
• Emotional Abuse
• Intimidation, Humiliation, Inappropriate language
• Drugs and Alcohol
• Zero tolerance
• Policy Statement CAPR 52-16

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Conclusion

• The Cadet Protection Program is designed to
  protect all members within CAP, and CAP as a
  whole.
• You can report abuse
• You dont have to just take itjust say no

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Questions