Effective October 1, 2009, the G.R.E.A.T. Program will be reorganized into four regions.  The regions will be referred to as Midwest Atlantic, Southeast, Southwest, and West, and state assignments will be as indicated on the map below.

The decision to adopt a new structure came after the Philadelphia Police Department announced that it would not continue its role as administrator of G.R.E.A.T. activities in the Northeast.  The G.R.E.A.T. National Policy Board (NPB) appointed a committee to study regional workload, the number of G.R.E.A.T. instructors and programs per region, and other variables. 

Based on the committee’s findings and approval by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the NPB decided that the states in the Northeast Region would be reassigned to the Midwest and Southeast regions.  This resulted in changing the Midwest Region’s name to Midwest Atlantic Region.  During this reassignment, the Southwest and West regions received a few more states as well in an effort to maintain balance.  The Southeast Regional Training Center is also moving from Orlando to Nashville, under the leadership of the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department.

Please use the visual provided to determine whether your state has been reassigned to a new region or will have a different regional office.  If so, you may visit the G.R.E.A.T. Web site at www.great-online.org for your new region’s contact information.