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Education Roundup: D.A.R.E. a Good Ending for Fifth-Graders
Spending the last day of school in 2018 graduating from the D.A.R.E. program and having fun with their D.A.R.E. officer was a good way to end the first half of the year for fifth-graders from Hanover...
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‘Keepin’ it … REAL’ in Madison County Schools
D.A.R.E. Officer Darren Dyer makes his rounds talking with students during their lunch period at Maple Ridge Elementary School. Dyer currently teaches the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program to...
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Kindergarten Cop
Jay Davis is chief deputy of the Henry County Sheriff’s Department, a position he’s held for the past 20 years. Jay Davis remembers when he decided to become a police officer. He was in Kindergarten....
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Mt. Vernon Student Named State Rep for International D.A.R.E Board
FORTVILLE — Indiana’s new representative on an international youth board for drug abuse education is from Hancock County. Maitlyn Griner, a Greenfield resident and sophomore at Mt. Vernon High School,...
View ArticleMunster Police Honor D.A.R.E. Graduates
The Munster Police Department’s Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program has been presented to Munster students for over thirty years. The police department recently honored this semester’s...
View ArticleBACK TO SCHOOL: County’s New D.A.R.E. Officer Set to Give Back to Program...
Law enforcement officers are trained mostly to be a reactive force, but D.A.R.E. officers are taught to be proactive, going into the schools and educating fifth-grade students about alcohol, drugs and...
View ArticleDaren the Lion at Munster’s National Night Out
Daren the Lion participated in some of Munster, Indiana’s National Night Out activities on August 3rd. Daren was in the parade along with Nat the Knight and McGruff the Crime Dog and then stood by...
View ArticleA NEW CALLING: GPD’s D.A.R.E. Officer Finds Purpose in Helping Guide Children
GREENFIELD — When Danny Williams was a young teen, he knew two things: He wanted to be a police officer, and he wanted to help kids. That’s why Williams, who has been with the Greenfield Police...
View ArticleMunster Marks 35 Years of D.A.R.E. Program in Schools
James Ghrist still remembers his first D.A.R.E. class as a fifth-grader at Elliott Elementary. “It had a big impact on my career choice," said Officer Ghrist, a D.A.R.E. officer for 19 of his 22 years...
View ArticleIndiana 41st D.A.R.E. Officer Training
Indiana’s 41st D.A.R.E. Officer Training was conducted June 9 to 21, 2024 at the Sand Creek Intermediate School in Fishers, IN.
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