Minnesota
Canton Looks Toward Means of Improvement
Among the topics discussed during the July 10 meeting of the Canton City Council was "the option of installing two additional signs below the current Canton population sign, of which would include one stating of the city being a 'D.A.R.E. Community.'" Initiated...
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D.A.R.E Program to Return to Dunn County Schools
The D.A.R.E. program will return to local schools again this fall. Rebecca Merryfield, of the Dunn County Sheriff's Office, recently graduated from the D.A.R.E program put on by the South Dakota Law Enforcement Academy. She was one of 25 officers from across South...
Chatfield Sixth Graders Complete D.A.R.E. Program with Special Ceremony Last Week
“Our sixth graders have done an awesome job in D.A.R.E. this year. DARE stands for Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education, but while we did touch on the effects of drugs, alcohol and tobacco, we learned the definition of social skills, taking risks, about talking...
D.A.R.E. Students Make a Pledge
Sixth-grade students perform “I Will D.A.R.E.,” a song they learned under the instruction of band/music director Michelle Boelk Thursday in the Falls High School gymnasium. More than 60 students graduated from the D.A.R.E. program...
Sheriff Attends 5th-Grade Graduation
Washington County Sheriff Dan Starry and D.A.R.E. instructor Deputy Sheriff Kelly Olson attended Oneka Elementary School’s fifth grade graduation ceremony. Each of the 175 students received diplomas.
D.A.R.E.’S ‘Officer Mo’ Connecting With Students In Columbia Heights
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It’s a program that has been in a schools for almost three decades. You may even remember taking it yourself – D.A.R.E. Or maybe you have a fourth- or fifth-grader who is going through the program right now. This year, Minnesota D.A.R.E. has 22...
Spanish Immersion School fifth graders graduate from D.A.R.E. program
Fifth graders at Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion School graduated March 23 from the D.A.R.E. program. Superintendent Carlton Jenkins, New Hope Police Chief Tim Fournier, Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion School Principal Elaine Mehdizadeh and New Hope Mayor Kathi Hemken...
Minnesota D.A.R.E. Welcomes 21 New D.A.R.E. Officers and the First 2 Somali D.A.R.E. Officers
St. Paul, MN—Minnesota D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) welcomed 22 newly certified D.A.R.E. officers from the 47th class trained in Minnesota. These officers recently completed their two weeks of training hosted by the Minnesota BCA – a D.A.R.E. America...
Meet New Koochiching County D.A.R.E. Instructor Jill Elsberry
Jill Elsberry engages a group of fourth graders in her D.A.R.E. program. She is currently in her third week teaching the program to schools at Littlefork, Indus, and Northome. Jill Elsberry, part-time Koochiching County sheriff’s deputy and part-time International...
Officer Olson: ‘We made it’
Nearly 90 Falls High School students giggled and leaped across the Backus Community Center stage Tuesday upon graduating from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program. The program is taught by Koochiching County Police Officer Dane Olson, who went through the program as a youngster himself.
Rafael L. Morales
North Central Regional Director
Phone: (424) 227-0997
Email: Rafael Morales
Upcoming Events
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State D.A.R.E. Contacts
State D.A.R.E. Program Administrator
Kathi Ackerman
Minnesota D.A.R.E., Inc.
Email: mndare@aol.com
Phone: (952) 446-1907 or 1-800-990-3273
State D.A.R.E. Training Coordinator
Taylor Kristoffe-Jones
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Email: Taylor.Kristoffe.Jones@state.mn.us
Phone: (651) 793-2618
State D.A.R.E. Officers Association President
Officer Angela Borchardt
MSP Airport Police Department
Email: angela.borchardt@mspmac.org
Minnesota Local D.A.R.E. Websites
- Centennial Lakes Police Department
- Clay County Sheriff’s Office
- Cold Spring Police Department
- Crystal Police Department
- Dodge County Sheriff’s Office
- Faribault County Sheriff’s Office
- Floodwood Police Department
- Isanti County Sheriff’s Office
- Koochiching County Sheriff’s Office
- Maple Grove Police Department
- Maplewood Police Department
- Minnesota D.A.R.E.
- Minnesota D.A.R.E., Inc. on Facebook
- Minnesota D.A.R.E. Kids Blog
- Minnesota D.A.R.E. Officer’s Association
- Minnesota D.A.R.E. on LinkedIn
- Minnesota D.A.R.E. Parents Blog
- Moorhead Police Department
- Mounds View Police Department
- New Ulm Police Department
- Odyssey Academy
- Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office
- Prior Lake Police Department
- Sacred Heart Area School
- Saint Anthony Police Department
- Savage Police Department
- Shakopee Police Department
- Starbuck Police Department
- Stearns County Sheriff’s Office
- Virginia Police Department
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