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D.A.R.E. is the acronym for Drug Abuse Resistance Education; the single most widely used substance abuse prevention and safety promotion curriculum in the world. First developed in 1983, D.A.R.E. has undergone multiple revisions as research findings increased knowledge of effective substance abuse prevention among school-aged youth. There are several components to the D.A.R.E. curriculum including the “core curriculum” for fifth or sixth grade; visitation for kindergarten – fourth grade; a middle school/junior high program; a senior high curriculum; and a parenting component.
More than 70 percent of America’s school districts have adopted the program, and over 8,000 cooperative partnerships between law enforcement and education are in place across the country. By virtue of D.A.R.E.’s extensive use and national impact, D.A.R.E. has achieved immense name recognition in association with substance abuse prevention, making the D.A.R.E. officer the most recognizable symbol for community policing and prevention.
Bordentown Township currently has two D.A.R.E. officers. Sgt. Norman Hand completed basic D.A.R.E. Officers Training in May 1994 and has taught D.A.R.E. in the Peter Muschal school, the Holy Cross Lutheran school and at the Meadow View school located in Chesterfield Township. Ptl. Matt Crowell recently completed the basic D.A.R.E. Officers Training course and is looking forward to teaching in the 2002 – 2003 school year.
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