The training of PROERD/D.A.R.E. Mentors has commenced this Monday, October 17th, 2022. It is being conducted by the PROERD/D.A.R.E. Training Center of the Military Police of the State of Santa Catarina, South Brazil. In all, 36 PROERD instructors are currently in the training, of which 29 are from Santa Catarina, and 7 are from other Brazilian states. The training is taking place in the city of Florianópolis and runs until this Friday, October 21st.

In the 40-hour Mentor Officer Training (MOT), these future mentors will develop skills and qualities to be able to train new PROERD officers, strengthening and keeping PROERD active in Brazil.

Like the other PROERD/D.A.R.E. training centers in Brazil, the State of Santa Catarina Training Center strictly follows the guidelines established by D.A.R.E. America, ensuring compliance with the program’s methodology.

25 Years of PROERD Celebrated in Rio Grande Do Sul

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A training seminar conference celebrating 25 years of PROERD (D.A.R.E.) was recently conducted in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. At the conference instructors were trained to strengthen drug and violence prevention education practices through the new curriculum, My...

State of Indiana 40th D.A.R.E. Officer Training

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The state of Indiana’s D.A.R.E. Training Team just graduated 24 Officer’s in the June 12-23, 2023, DOT #40 class. The states of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio were represented. This was a hard-working eager group of Officer’s. Nicholi Burkholder from the...

Thomasville Sheriff’s Office Hosts D.A.R.E. Officer Training

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THOMASVILLE- Every year, Georgia D.A.R.E., or Drug Abuse Resistance Education, resource officers have to attend an updated training seminar. For a week, officers from all across the state meet in a different town and learn the newest rules and procedures. This year,...

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Randall Franks will be the featured motivational speaker during the North Carolina D.A.R.E Officers Association In-Service Training Conference, June 12-16, at Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in Atlantic Beach. Franks is known best for his role as “Officer Randy Goode”…

New Jersey D.A.R.E. Officer Training Class, March 2023

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D.A.R.E. and Daren the Lion at Growlers Game

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"I am currently conducting a DOT in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is the provincial police service here (similar to the US State Police) and have been involved with D.A.R.E. for 20 years. The main sponsor for the program is the...

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