• Opportunity- Preparing ourselves for opportunity.
• Peer Pressure – What it is and how it works.
• Body Language – Our youngsters don’t realize the messages they send.
• “RAP” Sheets – A brief explanation of what it will mean in terms of employment with role play interview.
• 7 Deadly Sins – A discussion of the 7 disasters teenager will face during the course of their teenage years.
• Love Language – Understanding what parents, teachers, and authority really mean.

De Scoon was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and raised in Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island. De joined the New York State Police and was successful in his 5 years of Uniform Patrol and was promoted to the Rank of Investigator where he investigated major criminal activity including Homicides, Rapes and Robberies. De was then chosen to be a part of Manhattan District Attorney’s Office where he was instrumental in a number of long term investigations that included undercover operations. This Investigator became a Forensic Physiological Detector of Deception (Polygraphist). This skill has separated De from the normal everyday duties of an investigator where he has to date been able to successfully determine the truthfulness of so many subjects that he has been called upon to teach his methods to outside Agencies. Investigator Scoon is currently a certified basketball coach and has coached many students into their High School years of Athletics. De is also the New York State Police Senior Physical Fitness Coordinator and Personal Trainer who instructs his peers on Health and Wellness. De held the rank of Senior Investigator and was Deputized a United States Marshal with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Drug Enforcement Administration. During retired Senior Investigator Scoon’s career it became apparent that our youth need to be reached so that they may be successful members of our society. This inspired both Ken Taylor and De Scoon to create the Cops and Teenagers program. De has appeared on the McDonald’s series “When I Grow Up,” and A&E’s series “Manhunters.”

They have presented the Cops and Teenagers program in every borough in New York City as well as South Carolina, New Jersey, Long Island, and upstate New York.

• Information – Discussion of the purpose of information and how it affects decision making.
• Past, Present, and Future – Discussion how the past and present are related and how they both affect their future.
• 7 Deadly Sins – A discussion of the 7 disasters teenagers will face during the course of their teenage years.
• Love Language – Understanding what parents, teachers, and authority really mean.

Ken Taylor was born and raised in the south Bronx and attended St. Raymond’s High School for Boys. Having success as a basketball player at St. Raymond’s he was recruited to play at Elmira College where he was a four year starter. Ken graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Systems Analysis and Applications. Within a year after graduation he joined the ranks of the New York State Police. Ken spent 6 years on the New York State Thruway, 7 years as an undercover narcotics agent, 7 years conducting criminal investigations, and Applicant background investigations. It was during the Applicant background investigation phase of his career that Ken discovered the problems that teenagers were facing when it came to employment because of decisions they were making during their teenage years. This inspired both Ken Taylor and Darnley Scoon to create the Cops and Teenagers program. Ken has appeared on television as a guest speaker on Fox 5 Street Talk with Lisa Evers.

They have presented the Cops and Teenagers program in every borough in New York City as well as South Carolina, New Jersey, Long Island, and upstate New York.