Alabama
Alex City D.A.R.E. program running since 1990
Alexander City Police Department Cpl. Marcus Billups, left, is one of Alexander City Schools’ resource officers. D.A.R.E. (Alexander City) is a drug-prevention program for students which is taught by ACPD officers and is primarily funded by the Lake Martin Area United...
Report from Asia Brown, YAB Member from Alabama, on National Night Out
On yesterday, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office hosted its National Night Out celebration at the Home Depot (Chantilly). I had the privilege of being a part of this community event while representing D.A.R.E. There were first responders, The Pike Road Volunteer...
Geneva Police Department Works Toward Reviving its D.A.R.E. Program
Students attending Geneva City Schools will soon participate in a new program designed to educate students on the dangers associated with drugs. The Geneva Police Department is working toward reviving its D.A.R.E. Program, which is an education program that seeks to...
700 Students Graduate from D.A.R.E in DeKalb County
RAINSVILLE, Ala. — Seven hundred DeKalb County Schools students graduated Wednesday, but not from one grade to the next. They graduated from the D.A.R.E. program. “It’s a program we do in the county school system,” explained DeKalb County...
Everyday Hero: Sheriff’s Deputy Says ‘If a child needs me, I want to be there’
When Cpl. Kofee Anderson was in school, a teacher told him he would not amount to anything. And that was the only fuel he needed to prove her wrong. “For some reason, I thought, ‘I’ll show her. I’m going to be just like her,’”…
Local D.A.R.E. Agency Educates Students on Substance Abuse, Bullying, More
The Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Office is one of several law enforcement agencies in the area. Upholding the law from Camp Hill to Alexander City, New Site to Reeltown, the officers of the sheriff’s department are a very visible presence in communities across the...
Kofee Anderson, Alabama Super Citizen Hero
Sheriff Cunningham is shown here presenting Corporal Kofee Anderson with the trophy Corporal Anderson was awarded upon being named 2015 D.A.R.E. officer of the year for the state of Alabama. The photograph (by Montgomery Advertiser reporter Drew Taylor) accompanied an...
Popular D.A.R.E. Program Returns to Bankhead Middle School
CORDOVA — More than 80 fifth-graders at Bankhead Middle School graduated from the D.A.R.E. program on Tuesday, after Cordova Police Officer Ray Goggans led the 10-week substance abuse prevention education program. The school has not hosted the D.A.R.E. program in at...
