The Florida Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program graduated 27 sworn officers from 12 law enforcement agencies last week. FDLE is the state coordinator for D.A.R.E. and members Inspector David Bullard and Research and Training Specialist Lee Herring run the program.

This year’s 80-hour training was held in Fort Lauderdale with the following agencies in attendance: Marion, Lake, Madison, Lowndes (Georgia) county sheriffs’ offices, and Margate, Doral, Coral Gables, Coconut Creek, Ocala, Ormond Beach, Key Biscayne and Port Orange police departments.

FDLE has served as the state coordinator for D.A.R.E. since 1988. It is a statewide program that is administered throughout Florida’s schools. Although it has undergone revisions over its 35-year history, D.A.R.E. continues to be a law enforcement officer-led series of classroom lessons that teach children from kindergarten through high school how to make good decisions and wise choices. The curricula cover a wide range of risks, including drug use, that children face daily and encourage them to lead a positive lifestyle.

North Carolina D.A.R.E. Officers Conference to Feature Randall Franks

North Carolina D.A.R.E. Officers Conference to Feature Randall Franks

Randall Franks will be the featured motivational speaker during the North Carolina D.A.R.E Officers Association In-Service Training Conference, June 12-16, at Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in Atlantic Beach. Franks is known best for his role as “Officer Randy Goode”…

New Jersey D.A.R.E. Officer Training Class, March 2023

New Jersey D.A.R.E. Officer Training Class, March 2023

Class photo from the New Jersey D.A.R.E. Officer Training (DOT) held March 6 to 17, 2023 at the Somerville Elks Training Center in Bridgewater. This DOT certified twenty (20) new D.A.R.E. officers, and generated five (5) new D.A.R.E. programs.

Cocke County Sheriff’s Office Graduates 2nd D.A.R.E. Class

Cocke County Sheriff’s Office Graduates 2nd D.A.R.E. Class

On May 17th, the Cocke County Sheriff's Office graduated its 2nd D.A.R.E. class at Grassy Fork Elementary School in Hartford, TN. "We are proud to say, our second D.A.R.E. Class graduated from Grassy Fork Elementary School today. 15 students successfully completed the...

D.A.R.E. Graduation in Aeroland

D.A.R.E. Graduation in Aeroland

At the end of a D.A.R.E. graduation ceremony in Aeroland, a First Nation territory in northern Ontario, Canada, the graduating kids “swarmed” their D.A.R.E. Officer.

43rd Iowa D.A.R.E. Officer Training Class

43rd Iowa D.A.R.E. Officer Training Class

On April 30-May 11, 2023, fifteen (15) officers from the states of Iowa, Arkansas, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota & Wisconsin gathered & successfully completed Iowa’s 43rd D.A.R.E. Officer Training. The training was held in Johnston, Iowa at the...

D.A.R.E. Graduates 15 Royalston Students

D.A.R.E. Graduates 15 Royalston Students

ROYALSTON – Fifteen fifth-graders from the Royalston Community School (RCS) participated in a ceremony celebrating their graduation from a 10-week D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program. Local and state dignitaries were on hand for the celebration, and...

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