MPD
February 20, 2025
The Women’s Safety Series, hosted by the Marysville Police Department, aims to empower women with essential safety skills, including self defense, personal safety and avoidance techniques. Above, a Marysville police officer braces a boxing pad for an incoming punch during last year’s safety series. Women interested in registering for the event can visit the Marysville Police Department’s Facebook page and sign up for classes on either March 8 or March 15. (Photo submitted)

MPD continues women’s safety program

 

The Marysville Police Department is set to host its Women’s Safety Series program for the second year in a row.

The program, slated for March 8 and March 15, invites women in the community to learn essential safety skills free of charge.

Captain Nate Sachs with the Marysville Police Department said that this year there are two days of the program that are the exact same, with two sessions each day; in the morning from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and in the afternoon from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

“In the morning you’ll be at the police department and you go over personal safety and women’s self defense and then in the afternoon you go over to the (Marysville) Early College High School and do safety on the road, roa…

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