Minnesota
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...
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Lloyd Bratz, Director of Regional Operations & North Central Regional Director
Email: lloyd.bratz@dare.org
Cell: (310) 486-6727
Upcoming Events
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
Will Durie, D.A.R.E. America Youth Advocacy Board Member from Minnesota
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
