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Russell flexes D.A.R.E. Muscle: Fifth-Graders Complete program, Have Ceremony
Flatwoods PD’s Bryan Tackett, Russell McDowell Intermediate’s school resource officer, paused an interview with a reporter to wave to 174 fifth-graders after they bellowed a synchronized “thank you” during Monday’s D.A.R.E. graduation ceremony on Russell’s soccer…
Police Departments Work Toward a More Connected 2021: Tom Wetzel and Denise DeBiase
Lt. Denise DeBiase of the Richmond Heights Police Department suits up in personal protective equipment (PPE). (Photo Courtesy of Tom Wetzel). Guest columnists Tom Wetzel and Denise DeBiase are certified law enforcement executives with close to 60 years of combined...
Whitbourne RCMP Constable Named Officer of the Year
Constable Sarah Bass, pictured here with her four-year-old son, was recently named 2020 Officer of the Year by Atlantic Women in Law Enforcement. Constable Sarah Bass didn’t grow up dreaming of becoming a police officer, but many people are glad life led her in that...
Richmond RCMP Officer Recognized for Drug Awareness Work
A Richmond RCMP officer was recently recognized for her work educating youth on how to resist falling victim to drug abuse. Const. Baljinder Kandola, who has been a police officer for 19 years and is the coordinator of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)…
KARE Donation to Ridge City Preschool and Daycare
On behalf of Ridge City Preschool and Daycare, we thank you for the donation of various toys to our daycare center! This is a help to us, especially with the financial challenges due to COVID in 2020. The children enrolled in our center are thrilled to have some new...
D.A.R.E. America Louis “Skip” Miller National Scholarship Award 2021
The D.A.R.E. America Board of Directors is pleased to offer a $20,000 scholarship to recognize academic excellence and reward students who remain true to the goals of the D.A.R.E. program. This scholarship is awarded annually to a qualified 12th grade student to...
The Kingdom of Bahrain’s 49th National Day
For more than a decade, the Kingdom of Bahrain has taught the D.A.R.E. program in its schools, most recently adding the myPlaybook: Core high school curriculum. His Excellency Sh. Abdulla bin Rashed Al Khalifa, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United...
D.A.R.E. Program Returns to Terrebonne Schools
The D.A.R.E. decision-making program has returned to Terrebonne Parish schools. The program, which stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education, had been operating in Terrebonne classrooms for 25 years before being discontinued in 2016. Three deputies have been…
Stafford County Sheriff’s Office D.A.R.E. Virtual Graduation
The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office conducted virtual D.A.R.E. lessons last fall and it has been a success! They could not hold a formal graduation ceremony like they have always done at each school, so the Sheriff’s Office made a video for the schools to show on the day their teacher sends home the graduates’ certificates…
