The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is the provincial police service here (similar to the US State Police) and have been involved with D.A.R.E. for 20 years.
The main sponsor for the program is the provincial hockey team known as the Newfoundland ‘Growlers’. This is a farm team of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
We were invited to watch a game they played against the Pennsylvania Royals (from Reading, Pennsylvania, US). Unfortunately, it did not end up in favor of Newfoundland.”
– Harry Lawrenson, National Director, D.A.R.E. Canada
Police Officers Graduate From D.A.R.E Programme
The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force witnessed 17 of its officers graduate from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E) programme on Friday, October 28th, 2022. The programme was administered by certified instructors of the D.A.R.E International and...
PROERD Mentor Officer Training – Santa Catarina, Brazil
The training of PROERD/D.A.R.E. Mentors has commenced this Monday, October 17th, 2022. It is being conducted by the PROERD/D.A.R.E. Training Center of the Military Police of the State of Santa Catarina, South Brazil. In all, 36 PROERD instructors are currently in the...
Blind Student Receives Braille Version of the PROERD (D.A.R.E.) Workbook
A Braille Version of the PROERD/D.A.R.E. student workbook was delivered to a blind PROERD/D.A.R.E. student in the state of Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil. Everyone in the class was thrilled…
129th PROERD Instructor Training Course in Jaboticatubas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
From the 12th to the 23rd of September 2022, the 129th PROERD Instructor Training Course was held in the city of Jaboticatubas, Minas Gerais, with 33 new Instructors being trained and ultimately certified to teach the PROERD/D.A.R.E. Program. The Training Team...
PROERD D.A.R.E. Officer Training in São Paulo, Brazil
On September 19, another round of the PROERD Teaching Training Course was started, from the D.A.R.E. Training Center of São Paulo, conducted at the Teaching Center of the Environmental Policing Command, located in Vila Mariana, in the municipality of São Paulo. The...
PROERD D.A.R.E. Officer Training in Minas Gerais, Brazil
In the city of Jaboticatubas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, the DARE/PROERD PMMG Training Team is meeting, and conducting the 129th DARE Officer Training for, 35 police officers at the Senior Eco Village Resort from September 12th to 23rd, 2022. The event began with the...
PROERD D.A.R.E. Officer Training Course in the State of BahÃa, Brazil
BAHIA MILITARY POLICE COMMUNITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS OPENING OF THE PROERD INSTRUCTORS TRAINING COURSE 2022 This Tuesday morning (13th) the opening of the Training Course for Instructors of the Educational Program for Resistance to Drugs and Violence -...
Photos from the Minas Gerais, Brazil State Conference, August 8-11, 2022
Rafael L. Morales, D.A.R.E. America/International North Central Regional Director was in Minas Gerais, Brazil for the D.A.R.E. (PROERD) State Conference held on August 8-11, 2022. D.A.R.E. America Regional Operations and 10-day Guide Enrichment updates were given....
D.A.R.E. Officer Trainings Being Conducted in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
On July 11, the DARE/PROERD Training Center in Rio Grande do Sul started two separate D.A.RE./PROERD Instructor Training Courses for 65 military police officers. The Trainings are taking place in the municipalities of Passo Fundo and Caxias do Sul. Graduation is...