Before the Sacramento Police Department began an Adopt-A-School program one year ago, Del Paso Heights Elementary student Tanner McCoy described how he viewed police."They're scary," Tanner said.That perception motivated Sacramento police to begin a new program. The idea was to have police academy recruits visit a school on a weekly basis in order to interact and form positive relationships with students during recess.For the Police Department, it's a chance to give recruits real-world experience interacting with the community.But for the students, it offered a chance to see police in a different light."Sometimes when they come in contact with law enforcement it might not be the most positive and best thing. Hopefully with what they see with us they're not afraid of us," police cadet Daisy Castro said.So for the past year, the recruits have been playing and chatting and getting to know students at one school campus."We've had such success we've expanded to a second school," said Brent Kaneyuki, a sergeant at the Sacramento Police Academy.As for Tanner, he said he now sees police officers in more positive way.Or, as one school counselor described it, the students now see the police cadets as "cool.""They're not as scary now that I actually know some of the cops," Tanner said.