DARE Program
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The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program was adopted from the program piloted by the Los Angeles Police Department. The program is a 17 week course which places officers in grade school classrooms as an instructors and role models on self-esteem, and resisting peer pressure to experiment with controlled substances.
The elementary D.A.R.E. program is presented to the 5th grade in fifteen Ogden City School District schools and one private school. The officers assigned to the four middle schools also teach the D.A.R.E. program at their respective schools. Approximately 970 fifth grade students graduated from the D.A.R.E. program at all fifteen schools. About 1,940 students graduated from the seventh grade curriculum. Additionally, D.A.R.E. officers visited 4,850 children in the K-4 program to provide safety information, such as: healthy and harmful drugs, good touch, bad touch, not to be tricked by strangers with candy or money etc., using the crosswalk and looking both ways, what to do if they find a gun, and what to do if approached by a stranger, how to say "no" and to familiarize the children with police officers. D.A.R.E. officers distributed thousands of brochures on drug abuse and prevention literature. D.A.R.E. officers also handle problems or incidents that may occur at their respective schools. Some of the D.A.R.E. officers identify a student of the month and take the student to lunch. D.A.R.E. officers also assist with Red Ribbon Week. Other officers act as coaches for sports teams and help out at inner city Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts. During the summer months, D.A.R.E. officers assist other Youth Bureau investigators in their investigations and attend training to prepare for the coming school year. |
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For more information about DARE, visit this site, designed especially for youth. |