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Prevention and Safety
Hackettstown Police D.A.R.E. Program
D.A.R.E. Officer - Patrolman Aaron Perkins
This year millions of school children around the world will benefit from D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), the highly acclaimed program that gives kids the skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs, and violence. D.A.R.E. was founded in 1983 in Los Angeles and has proven so successful that it is now being implemented in 75 percent of our nation's school districts and in more than 43 countries around the world. D.A.R.E. is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons that teaches children from kindergarten through 12th grade how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence-free lives.
The Launching of D.A.R.E. America
Overwhelming national and international demand for D.A.R.E.
led to the creation of D.A.R.E. America, a national
non-profit organization. D.A.R.E. America serves as a
resource to communities, helping to establish and improve
local D.A.R.E. programs. D.A.R.E. America provides officer
training, supports the development and evaluation of the
D.A.R.E. curriculum, provides student educational materials,
monitors instruction standards and program results, and
creates national awareness for D.A.R.E.
Specially Trained Cops Assigned D.A.R.E. Classroom
"Beats"
The D.A.R.E. curriculum is designed to be taught by police
officers whose training and experience gave them the
background needed to answer the sophisticated questions
often posed by young students about drugs and crime. Prior
to entering the D.A.R.E. program, officers undergo 80 hours
of special training in areas such as child development,
classroom management, teaching techniques, and communication
skills. 40 hours of additional training are provided to
D.A.R.E. instructors to prepare them to teach the high
school curriculum.
D.A.R.E. Receives High Marks From America's Leaders
Presidential administrations, governors, members of
congress, and state legislators have praised D.A.R.E. Since
1988, Presidential Proclamation declares one day each year
National D.A.R.E. Day. State legislatures have joined with
the President and Congress by proclaiming D.A.R.E. day
within their respective states.
D.A.R.E. Training is Unique
D.A.R.E. goes beyond traditional drug abuse and violence
prevention programs. It gives children the skills needed to
recognize and resist the subtle and overt pressures that
cause them to experiment with drugs or become involved in
gangs or violent activities.
D.A.R.E. is Community Policing
D.A.R.E. is universally viewed as an internationally
recognized model of community policing. The United States
Department of Justice has identified how D.A.R.E. benefits
local communities:
The New D.A.R.E. classroom lessons
Never satisfied, D.A.R.E. America is moving forward
with an even better and improved D.A.R.E. program.
In fact, it is in the tenth revision of the program.
Recognizing that no other school-based program
possesses the delivery system of D.A.R.E., the
prestigious Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has
provided a generous grant to the University of Akron
to develop and test a new D.A.R.E. curriculum. This
new state-of-the art substance abuse prevention
curriculum will be tested and evaluated over a
five-year period with over 50,000 students in six
U.S. cities. The goal is to design and test the next
generation of science-based program.
For more information on
the DARE evaluation process
(PDF)
The bottom line--to combine the best research and
science with the world's most effective delivery
system--D.A.R.E.
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