When Senior Constable Danny Kidd first joined the New South Wales police force, he saw countless families living with violence.
"Looking at my local area in particular, there's a lot of people who aren't aware what healthy relationships are and any types of abuse," Senior Constable Kidd told SBS.
He decided to set up the Kids Say no program, an initiative promoting healthy relationships to children.
The program teaches from how to recognise signs of abuse, to forming positive family relationships.
"It's important for the police to drive it to show that we say no to violence," Senior Constable Kidd said.
At least 40 students have already taken part in the eight week program.
One participant, 16-year-old Luca Angrisano from Canterbury Boys' High School, said he is excited to use the skills he's learned from the Kids Say No Program to lead the promotion of healthy relationships.
"I went home and spoke about this with my parents and I said what I've learned today," Mr Angrisano said.
"And around the kids at school I explained about the different types of violence. It's affected us every single week and it will affect us for the rest of our life."
Canterbury Boys' High School Principal Belinda Giudice said she has already seen dramatic changes in the way her students view relationships.
"It's enabled our kids to understand the skills for healthy relationship and to stand up for this very important issue and to stand up within the community," Ms Giudice said.
This program is the first of its kind to be run by NSW Police, Senior Constable Kidd said there were plans to expand it across the state.
"Today's society is all about the young people who are the ones who grow up to educate the younger ones again. So getting out there for the younger generation is definitely a positive because they can stop it before it gets any worse."
