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School Graduates 200 from Revamped D.A.R.E. Program
MINNEOLA — About 200 Grassy Lake Elementary fifth graders on Wednesday became the first class to graduate from the Sheriff’s Office’s D.A.R.E. program in six years. Sheriff Peyton Grinnell said the program used to draw 6,000 students a year before it was cut for...Read more . . .
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Danny Talley, Southeast Regional Director
Email: danny.talley@dare.org
Cell: (424) 227-2520
Upcoming Events
State D.A.R.E. Contacts
State D.A.R.E. Coordinator
Lindsey Fletcher
Email: LindseyFletcher@fdle.state.fl.us
Phone: (850) 410-7567
Cell: (850) 274-4213
State D.A.R.E. Analyst
Lindsey Cole
Email: LindseyCole@fdle.state.fl.us
Phone: (850) 410-7567
State D.A.R.E. Officers Association President
Corporal Ken Vila
Email: Kenneth.Vila@colliersheriff.org
Phone: (239) 253-5285
State D.A.R.E. Officers Association Secretary
Officer Nancy Thigpen
Email: jagwire95@aol.com
Phone: (904) 278-3007
State D.A.R.E. Officers Association Treasurer
Deputy Keith Murrish
Email: kmurrish@yahoo.com
State D.A.R.E. Officers Association Sergeant At Arms
Sergeant Mark Roberts
Email: mroberts@okeesheriff.org
Cell: (863) 634.1430
Office: (863) 763.3117
State D.A.R.E. Officers Association Newsletter & Website Chairperson
Major Amy Schmidt
Email: amy.schmidt@myfwc.com
Phone: (850) 488-6068
Jennifer Kallstrom, D.A.R.E. America Youth Advocacy Board Member from Florida
Florida Local D.A.R.E. Websites
- Cape Coral Police Department
- Collier County Sheriff’s Office
- Crime Stoppers of Marion County, Inc.
- Deland Police Department
- Florida D.A.R.E. Officers Association
- Florida Department of Law Enforcement
- Gulf County Sheriff’s Office
- Hardee County Sheriff’s Office
- Highlands County Sheriff’s Office
- Lake Mary Police Department
- Manatee Elementary School
- Marion County Sheriff’s Office
- Ocala Police Department
- Orange County Sheriff’s Office
- Palm Beach Gardens Police Department
- Port Richey Police Department
- Sanford Police Department
- Sarasota Police Department
- Vero Beach Police Department
- Winter Haven Police Department
