Utah
D.A.R.E. Fights Opioid Crisis with New Lesson Plans
SALT LAKE CITY – The anti-drug program D.A.R.E. is tackling the opioid crisis by including it in its curriculum for the first time. Leaders made the announcement at the State Capitol on Tuesday. The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, known as D.A.R.E.,...
BREAKING: New Study Finds Youth Marijuana Addiction Rate Double Rate of Alcohol & Other Substance Use Disorders
(Alexandria, VA) An explosive study published today in the journal JAMA Pediatrics and conducted by prominent researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including the head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, found that teenage marijuana users…
Fighting extremism, reinforcing peaceful existence part of dedicated Bahraini approach led by HM King: Ambassador
The Role and Preparation of School Resource Officers
There is an opportunity for law enforcement and schools to partner in a way that elevates both institutions and is potentially transformative in building trust and cooperation between community members. If school communities decide that having law enforcement on site…
More from Hometown Utah
Draper’s D.A.R.E. Officer Aims to Help Kids Make Smart Decisions
After years spent seeing firsthand how drugs, alcohol and violence destroyed people’s lives, their families’ lives and their communities, Green sought to focus on substance abuse prevention because, he says, arresting the same people each week wasn’t making the difference in what he wanted to accomplish as a police officer. When the opportunity arose to return to his home state and serve as a D.A.R.E. officer in Draper, he “jumped at it.”
Op-ed: We need police-in-school programs to build trust
These programs introduce police officers to students, who come to respect them as their protectors, helpers and confidants. Often these officers become part of the school and family, attending graduations, higher education celebrations and even weddings. The link has recently weakened, however, as officers/uniforms are shamefully targeted by media, politicians and individuals meaning to do them harm.
D.A.R.E. Graduates Learn About the Big Impact of Little Decisions
Officer Justin Stanford congratulates a student for graduating from the D.A.R.E. Program. Students were taught to say no to drugs and learned skills for handling stress and peer pressure. KAYSVILLE – It’s a little word, but it makes a big difference. So Heather...
Meet Utah’s D.A.R.E and School Resource Officer of the Year: Jeremy Brown
A Centerville Police Officer was just named Utah’s D.A.R.E. officer of the year and And Utah’s School Resource Officer of the year. No one has ever won both awards at the same time. In this week’s Behind the Badge police profile we meet Officer Jeremy Brown.
D.A.R.E. Comes Back to DCSD Schools
Sergeant Pete Butcher talks to fifth graders at Centennial Elementary about the D.A.R.E. program, which came back to Duchesne County School District this year. Since 1983, The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program has been a part of young people’s...
Kim W. Hawkes
Central Regional Director
Phone: (424) 227-0821
Email: Kim W. Hawkes
Upcoming Events
State D.A.R.E. Contacts
State Program Administrator
Tibby Milne
Executive Director, D.A.R.E. Utah
Utah Council for Crime Prevention
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (801) 486-8691
State D.A.R.E. Officers Association President
Detective Dale Bowker
Layton City Police Department
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (801) 336-3416
Kim W. Hawkes
Central Regional Director
Phone: (424) 227-0821
Email: Kim W. Hawkes
Upcoming Events
State D.A.R.E. Contacts
State Program Administrator
Tibby Milne
Executive Director, D.A.R.E. Utah
Utah Council for Crime Prevention
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (801) 486-8691
State D.A.R.E. Officers Association President
Detective Dale Bowker
Layton City Police Department
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (801) 336-3416
More from Hometown Utah
Draper’s D.A.R.E. Officer Aims to Help Kids Make Smart Decisions
After years spent seeing firsthand how drugs, alcohol and violence destroyed people’s lives, their families’ lives and their communities, Green sought to focus on substance abuse prevention because, he says, arresting the same people each week wasn’t making the difference in what he wanted to accomplish as a police officer. When the opportunity arose to return to his home state and serve as a D.A.R.E. officer in Draper, he “jumped at it.”
Op-ed: We need police-in-school programs to build trust
These programs introduce police officers to students, who come to respect them as their protectors, helpers and confidants. Often these officers become part of the school and family, attending graduations, higher education celebrations and even weddings. The link has recently weakened, however, as officers/uniforms are shamefully targeted by media, politicians and individuals meaning to do them harm.
D.A.R.E. Graduates Learn About the Big Impact of Little Decisions
Officer Justin Stanford congratulates a student for graduating from the D.A.R.E. Program. Students were taught to say no to drugs and learned skills for handling stress and peer pressure. KAYSVILLE – It’s a little word, but it makes a big difference. So Heather...
Meet Utah’s D.A.R.E and School Resource Officer of the Year: Jeremy Brown
A Centerville Police Officer was just named Utah’s D.A.R.E. officer of the year and And Utah’s School Resource Officer of the year. No one has ever won both awards at the same time. In this week’s Behind the Badge police profile we meet Officer Jeremy Brown.
D.A.R.E. Comes Back to DCSD Schools
Sergeant Pete Butcher talks to fifth graders at Centennial Elementary about the D.A.R.E. program, which came back to Duchesne County School District this year. Since 1983, The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program has been a part of young people’s...
Purchase D.A.R.E. Merchandise & Workbooks
Copyright © 2021 D.A.R.E. America. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2021 D.A.R.E. America.
All Rights Reserved.