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More Church + Youth Case Studies


PCYC Ignites a Spark in the Youth with Laser Tag

Youth Programs & Laser Tag: Case Study Police Citizens Youth Club


PCYC stands for Police & Community Youth Clubs. It is a network of Australian non-profit community organizations.      

Originally founded in 1937, PCYC's mission is to get young people active in life, develop their skills, character, and leadership, and reduce crime. 



PCYC + Laser Tag

One Queensland PCYC started an innovative program that included laser tag. The PCYC youth program was originally called “Skirmishing the Youth.”


The program was developed in direct response to the problem of youth boredom and inactivity in outback towns. 

 Charleville is an outback town with a population of around 3,500.

The program started in the small town of Charleville, offering laser tag, boxing training, and sporting sponsorship for disadvantaged youth in the district.

The program focused on teens aged 11 to 16.            

What started in Charleville soon spread to Longreach, Blackall, Dalby, and Roma, then onto Emerald. 

As the popularity of laser tag in PCYCs grew, other centers, including Cowra, NSW, got in on the act.

Sgt Clint Ryan and Senior Constable Michael Maguire led the initial project.

Today, Mick Hughes runs a similar PCYC program on the Sunshine Coast.

This year, Bob Caunt from PCYC Queensland has added laser tag to their Beenleigh program. Likewise, Linden Cox from PCYC NSW has added laser tag to their Broken Hill program.

Across Australia, laser tag remains a popular choice among youth.

 

 

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Back when the program started in Charleville, there was an increasing number of crimes committed by youths under 17 years of age, such as trespass and underage alcohol consumption.


The program proved to be an exceptionally effective diversionary activity, with the number of youth crimes committed in Charleville falling. Skirmishing the Youth was sponsored by the local PCYC and was a supervised laser skirmish event. 

The program offered children and teenagers laser skirmish games while providing diversionary activities, including anti-drug messages, healthy eating information, and messages on cyber and school bullying. 

 A lack of structured and supervised venues and activities for the 11 — 16-year-old age group was identified as one of the causes of an increasing rate of juvenile offending. 

“The lack of appropriate facilities and activities for the youth of Charleville resulted in boredom and despondency, which ultimately led to anti-social behavior and juvenile offending,” (now retired) Acting Assistant Commissioner Tony Wright said.

“This activity provides a stimulating, enjoyable, and healthy activity, and in the process helps the police break down barriers. The game requires teamwork, communication, and physical fitness, and the development of these core skills is an additional major benefit,” he said. 


PCYC Youth Leaders (Emerald)

 

 Word spread about the Skirmishing the Youth Project, and events have also been conducted in Longreach (population 2,975) and Blackall (population 1,160).

Late,r the PCYC Cowra NSW also started a laser tag program.


Youth Program Accolades

 The youth program was so successful it won the best regional program in the Child Protection Week Awards - Youth Participation.

The Skirmishing the Youth was also honored with a Highly Commended in the Premier’s Awards for Excellence in Public Service Delivery.

 “The initiative is proving effective in engaging at-risk youth and has gained the full support of local businesses and the broader community,” Acting Assistant Commissioner Wright (now retired) said. 

“The rate of juvenile offending in Charleville has fallen significantly since the program commenced.” 

“The recognition of this initiative at the Premier’s Awards for Excellence is a fitting reward for the Charleville Police officers who have worked very hard in ensuring the success of the program.”



PCYC Youth Program (Dalby)

 

Excellent Customer Service

Just started - 1st night 30 players, 2nd night 50 players, 3rd night 60 players! Excellent customer service - we feel very supported.
Julia, PCYC Australia

 

Laser Skirmish Benefits PCYC Youth Programs

The Youth Program incorporates laser tag games that focus on: 

  • teamwork
  •  communication and
  • physical fitness.

 The development of these core skills is an additional major benefit. 

Partnerships with the local community and service providers were central to the project's success. Local business Arrow Energy is supporting the program.


“The attraction of Laser Skirmish allows the drawing of a large group of youths to enable effective delivery of a specified message. This activity was specifically designed to incorporate behavioral management strategies to enable 'at-risk youths' to be put on behavioral management contracts that provide Laser Skirmish as a substantial reward,” said Sgt Ryan.


 

“The benefits of this aspect of the program were profound. The live-action gaming system has been designed to encourage teamwork among the participants."


"In this game, there is no single player that wins - it is the team that ultimately achieves success or failure. The laser tag system has been formulated in such a way that it forces the participants to cooperate to achieve the goals of the mission."

"All of the missions require communication, organization, and planning. The funny thing is that when participants play, they don't realize how much of these important aspects they use,” said Sgt Ryan. 

“The other clearly identified benefits are health-related. At a time when parents can never seem to encourage children to engage in computer or TV activities, you will find children queuing, begging, and pleading to be allowed to engage in these activities. The most amazing aspect is that children don't realize they are exercising. After the first couple of minutes, you will even see adults diving for cover,” he said. 

“It is not uncommon to find parents who join in, telling staff how they never realized how much exercise was actually involved. In most cases, it is not uncommon to find dads reliving playing army men with their son or daughter - barking out orders and pointing to and fro. (Moms normally get a big laugh out of it),” he said. 


PCYC Program (Cowra)

 

Sgt RYAN said, “An important aspect of what we have achieved is the laser tag equipment we use. After extensive research in this area, we identified Battlefield Sports as a suitable provider of this unique laser tag equipment. After deploying them in weather extremes across the South West of Queensland, we were, and still are, impressed with the robustness and ease of use of the taggers. When we purchased the SATR equipment, we have since found that the continual development and upgrades to the product have actually grown with us while we have delivered the program.”


As well as supplying laser tag equipment to several PCYCs, our sister business Laser Tag in a Box has rented equipment to more than 75 PCYC centers.


For more information about Skirmish the Youth, see the press release on Facebook.


To learn more about the laser tag programs offered by PCYC visit their website at https://www.pcyc.org.au/


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