Kansas
Encounter with D.A.R.E. Officer First Sparked RCPD Lieutenant’s Desire to Serve Community
Lt. Erin Freidline in her office at the Riley County Police Department. Freidline said meeting a female officer when she was a student made her want to pursue a job in law enforcement. Erin Freidline didn’t know early in life that she would be part of the police...
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Dec201622
D.A.R.E. Essay Winners Honored by City Council
Great Bend Mayor Mike Allison presents certificates to the latest D.A.R.E. essay winners, fifth graders from the five Great Bend elementary schools, as their teachers watch during the Great Bend City Council meeting Monday night.
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Nov201614
D.A.R.E. Program Emphasizes Responsibility
Sixth-grader Meryn Rodgers reads her D.A.R.E. essay, selected as the best at Bradley Elementary School, during D.A.R.E. graduation Nov. 8 at Bradley. Photo by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp.
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Aug201610
Lindsborg Student Wins State D.A.R.E. Essay Contest
Taylor Hinderliter, a student at Smoky Valley Middle School in Lindsborg, was the winner of the 2016 D.A.R.E. Essay Contest. During the past year, Hinderliter participated in the McPherson County Sheriff’s Office D.A.R.E. program, which culminated in writing an essay about the things they learned in the program. Hinderliter is the daughter of Tom and Gail Hinderliter.
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Jul20166
How D.A.R.E. Has Changed My Life
Taylor Hinderliter’s D.A.R.E. essay, How D.A.R.E. Has Changed My Life, was selected as the top essay for the state of Kansas. Taylor is a Lindsborg resident. "Imagine this. You’re at a party and BAM, your best friend falls to the ground and is not responding to..."
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Kim Hawkes, Central Regional Director
Email: kim.hawkes@dare.org
Cell: (424) 227-0821
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State D.A.R.E. Contacts
State D.A.R.E. Coordinator
Mr. David Burlew
Email: dave.burlew@ag.ks.gov
Office: (785) 368-8438
State D.A.R.E. Officers Association President
Officer Bobby Wilson
Wellington Police Department
Email: bobbywilson@cityofwellington.net
Office: (620) 326-3331
Cell: (316) 516-2633
Taton Bennett, D.A.R.E. America Youth Advocacy Board Member from Kansas
Kansas Local D.A.R.E. Websites
- Augusta Department of Public Safety
- Coffeyville Police Department
- Crawford County Sheriff’s Office
- Hays Police Department
- Kansas Juvenile Officers Association
- Leavenworth Police Department
- McPherson Police Department
- Osawatomie Police Department
- Prairie Village Police Department
- Pratt County Sheriff’s Office
- Shawnee Police Department
- Valley Center Police Department
- Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Office
- Washington County Sheriff’s Department
- Wellington Police Department
