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BACK TO SCHOOL: County’s New D.A.R.E. Officer Set to Give Back to Program that Helped Him
Law enforcement officers are trained mostly to be a reactive force, but D.A.R.E. officers are taught to be proactive, going into the schools and educating fifth-grade students about alcohol, drugs and violent behavior before they have a chance to get in trouble. To...
Our View: Law-Full Education
Education is the best defense against ignorance. In an era of proposing to defund the work of local law enforcement — effectively handcuffing officers and deputies from doing their jobs — Watauga, Ashe, Avery and much of the High Country get painted with the same…
More from Hometown Indiana
Chief David Rigney, 2019 Indiana Law Enforcement Executive of the Year
Left to Right: Chief David Rigney and D.A.R.E. Officer Stephanie Tucker, Ossian Police Department
Brooklyn Kuna, 2018 Indiana State Essay Award Winner
Left to Right: Brooklyn Kuna and D.A.R.E. Officer James Ghrist, Munster Police Department.
Click here to read Brooklyn’s essay
2018 Indiana D.A.R.E. Officers of the Year Alicia Ahnert and Tracy Jones
Left to Right: D.A.R.E. Officer Alicia Ahnert and D.A.R.E. Officer Tracy Jones, Fishers Police Department
Indiana D.A.R.E. Officer Training 2018 Class
Please click the image for full view
Munster Police Honor D.A.R.E. Graduates
The Munster Police Department’s Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program has been presented to Munster students for over thirty years. The police department recently honored this semester’s approximately 275 D.A.R.E. graduates at Eads Elementary School...
Mt. Vernon Student Named State Rep for International D.A.R.E Board
FORTVILLE — Indiana’s new representative on an international youth board for drug abuse education is from Hancock County. Maitlyn Griner, a Greenfield resident and sophomore at Mt. Vernon High School, is settling into her new role of representing the state on the...
Kindergarten Cop
Jay Davis remembers when he decided to become a police officer. He was in Kindergarten. A police chief came to talk to his class about safety and afterward, the students got a chance to go outside and look at the police vehicle...
‘Keepin’ it … REAL’ in Madison County Schools
D.A.R.E. Officer Darren Dyer makes his rounds talking with students during their lunch period at Maple Ridge Elementary School. Dyer currently teaches the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program to nine schools within the county...
Education Roundup: D.A.R.E. a Good Ending for Fifth-Graders
Spending the last day of school in 2018 graduating from the D.A.R.E. program and having fun with their D.A.R.E. officer was a good way to end the first half of the year for fifth-graders from Hanover Central Middle School. Shown, from left, Dorothy Leep, Alarik...
D.A.R.E. Marks 25 Years
Three police officers who were Bartholomew County’s first D.A.R.E. officers will reunite to be honored at a 25th anniversary celebration of the program. As many as 2,000 people are expected at Monday night’s D.A.R.E. graduation at Columbus North High School gym,...
D.A.R.E. to Celebrate 25 Years with Special Event
Three police officers who were Bartholomew County’s first D.A.R.E. officers will reunite to be honored at a 25th anniversary celebration of the program. As many as 2,000 people are expected at Monday night’s D.A.R.E. graduation at Columbus North High School gym,...
Students Celebrate Unity with Day at Park
Seymour Middle School sixth-graders compete in Tug-O-War recently at Gaiser Park in Seymour as part of the D.A.R.E. Year End Party. When the celebration for last year’s Drug Abuse Resistance Education graduates kept getting canceled, Seymour D.A.R.E. Officer Tim...
D.A.R.E. Targets Age-Specific Messages On Drugs to Make a Difference
The growing problem of heroin abuse came up early during graduation ceremonies this week for nearly 400 Bartholomew County sixth-graders completing their 10-week Drug Abuse Resistance Education program. D.A.R.E graduation keynote speaker “Retro” Bill Russ talked...
Rafael L. Morales
North Central Regional Director
Phone: (424) 227-0997
Email: Rafael Morales
Upcoming Events
State D.A.R.E. Contacts
State D.A.R.E. Coordinator
Sergeant Christine Rapp
Hancock County Sheriff’s Department
Phone: (317) 816-1615
Email: [email protected]
State Education Advisor
Kristie Satterfield
Brandywine Elementary School
Maitlyn Griner, D.A.R.E. America Youth Advocacy Board Member from Indiana
Indiana Local D.A.R.E. Websites
- Bartholomew County D.A.R.E. Council
- Columbus Police Department
- Crown Point Police Department
- Dyer Police Department
- Eisenhower Elementary School
- Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office
- Henry County Sheriff’s Department
- Howard County Sheriff’s Office
- Lafayette Police Department
- Mishawaka Police Department
- New Castle Police Department
- Ossian Elementary School
- Ossian Police Department
- Plainfield Police Department
- Rockcreek Elementary School
- Scott Elementary School
- Taft Middle School
- Wayne County Sheriff’s Office
- West Lafayette Police Department
Rafael L. Morales
North Central Regional Director
Phone: (424) 227-0997
Email: Rafael Morales
Upcoming Events
State D.A.R.E. Contacts
State D.A.R.E. Coordinator
Sergeant Christine Rapp
Hancock County Sheriff’s Department
Phone: (317) 816-1615
Email: [email protected]
State Education Advisor
Kristie Satterfield
Brandywine Elementary School
Maitlyn Griner, D.A.R.E. America Youth Advocacy Board Member from Indiana
Indiana Local D.A.R.E. Websites
- Bartholomew County D.A.R.E. Council
- Columbus Police Department
- Crown Point Police Department
- Dyer Police Department
- Eisenhower Elementary School
- Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office
- Henry County Sheriff’s Department
- Howard County Sheriff’s Office
- Lafayette Police Department
- Mishawaka Police Department
- New Castle Police Department
- Ossian Elementary School
- Ossian Police Department
- Plainfield Police Department
- Rockcreek Elementary School
- Scott Elementary School
- Taft Middle School
- Wayne County Sheriff’s Office
- West Lafayette Police Department
More from Hometown Indiana
Chief David Rigney, 2019 Indiana Law Enforcement Executive of the Year
Left to Right: Chief David Rigney and D.A.R.E. Officer Stephanie Tucker, Ossian Police Department
Brooklyn Kuna, 2018 Indiana State Essay Award Winner
Left to Right: Brooklyn Kuna and D.A.R.E. Officer James Ghrist, Munster Police Department.
Click here to read Brooklyn’s essay
2018 Indiana D.A.R.E. Officers of the Year Alicia Ahnert and Tracy Jones
Left to Right: D.A.R.E. Officer Alicia Ahnert and D.A.R.E. Officer Tracy Jones, Fishers Police Department
Indiana D.A.R.E. Officer Training 2018 Class
Please click the image for full view
Munster Police Honor D.A.R.E. Graduates
The Munster Police Department’s Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program has been presented to Munster students for over thirty years. The police department recently honored this semester’s approximately 275 D.A.R.E. graduates at Eads Elementary School...
Mt. Vernon Student Named State Rep for International D.A.R.E Board
FORTVILLE — Indiana’s new representative on an international youth board for drug abuse education is from Hancock County. Maitlyn Griner, a Greenfield resident and sophomore at Mt. Vernon High School, is settling into her new role of representing the state on the...
Kindergarten Cop
Jay Davis remembers when he decided to become a police officer. He was in Kindergarten. A police chief came to talk to his class about safety and afterward, the students got a chance to go outside and look at the police vehicle...
‘Keepin’ it … REAL’ in Madison County Schools
D.A.R.E. Officer Darren Dyer makes his rounds talking with students during their lunch period at Maple Ridge Elementary School. Dyer currently teaches the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program to nine schools within the county...
Education Roundup: D.A.R.E. a Good Ending for Fifth-Graders
Spending the last day of school in 2018 graduating from the D.A.R.E. program and having fun with their D.A.R.E. officer was a good way to end the first half of the year for fifth-graders from Hanover Central Middle School. Shown, from left, Dorothy Leep, Alarik...
D.A.R.E. Marks 25 Years
Three police officers who were Bartholomew County’s first D.A.R.E. officers will reunite to be honored at a 25th anniversary celebration of the program. As many as 2,000 people are expected at Monday night’s D.A.R.E. graduation at Columbus North High School gym,...
D.A.R.E. to Celebrate 25 Years with Special Event
Three police officers who were Bartholomew County’s first D.A.R.E. officers will reunite to be honored at a 25th anniversary celebration of the program. As many as 2,000 people are expected at Monday night’s D.A.R.E. graduation at Columbus North High School gym,...
Students Celebrate Unity with Day at Park
Seymour Middle School sixth-graders compete in Tug-O-War recently at Gaiser Park in Seymour as part of the D.A.R.E. Year End Party. When the celebration for last year’s Drug Abuse Resistance Education graduates kept getting canceled, Seymour D.A.R.E. Officer Tim...
D.A.R.E. Targets Age-Specific Messages On Drugs to Make a Difference
The growing problem of heroin abuse came up early during graduation ceremonies this week for nearly 400 Bartholomew County sixth-graders completing their 10-week Drug Abuse Resistance Education program. D.A.R.E graduation keynote speaker “Retro” Bill Russ talked...
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