Dare

Project D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) is a substance use prevention education program designed to equip elementary school children with skills for resisting peer pressure to experiment with tobacco, drugs, and alcohol. This unique program, which was developed in 1983 as a cooperative effort by the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Unified School District, uses uniformed law enforcement officers to teach formal curriculum to students in a classroom setting.

Graduation Classes

Humphrey & Shell Creek Schools

D.A.R.E. REPRESENTS A LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM THAT HAS DEVELOPED OVER MANY YEARS.

Many people believe that, over time, a change in public attitudes will reduce the demand for drugs. D.A.R.E seeks to promote that change. Equally important, D.A.R.E instructors help children develop mature decision-making capabilities that they can apply to a variety of situations as they grow up. Parents programs such as the one shown are given yearly.

D.A.R.E. REPRESENTS A LONG-TERM SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM THAT HAS DEVELOPED OVER MANY YEARS.

D.A.R.E TARGETS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN.

Junior high and high school drug education programs have come too late to prevent drug use among youth in the past. Therefore, substantial numbers of young people have reported initiating use of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana by junior high school.

D.A.R.E OFFERS A HIGHLY STRUCTURED, INTENSIVE CURRICULUM DEVELOPED BY HEALTH EDUCATION SPECIALISTS.

A basic precept of the D.A.R.E. program is that elementary school children lack sufficient social skills to resist peer pressure and say no to drugs. D.A.R.E instructors do not use the scare tactics of traditional approaches that focus on the dangers of drug use. Instead, the instructors work with children to raise their self-esteem, to teach them how to make decisions on their own, and to help them identify positive alternatives to tobacco, alcohol, and drug use. The curriculum addresses learning objectives in keeping with those of state departments of education and conforms with health education standards.

Providing accurate information about tobacco, alcohol, and drugs Teaching students decision-making skills Showing students how to resist peer pressure Giving students ideas for alternatives to drug use This innovative program has several noteworthy features:

DARE LESSONS FOCUS ON FOUR MAJOR AREAS:

Project D.A.R.E. gives special attention to fifth graders to prepare students for entry into junior high and high school, where they are most likely to encounter pressures to use drugs

D.A.R.E. USES UNIFORM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CONDUCT CLASS.

Uniformed officers as D.A.R.E instructors not only serve as role models for children at an important age, but also have high credibility on the subject of drug use. Moreover, by relating to students in a role other than that of law enforcement, officers develop a rapport that promotes positive attitudes toward law enforcement and greater respect for the law.

Humphrey

FIRST PLACE WINNER:

The Platte County Sheriff’s Office D.A.R.E. go-cart took top honors in the D.A.R.E category at the First Annual Midwest Law Enforcement Car Show held in Seward, NE. The go-cart competed with all other vehicle that were entered in the D.A.R.E. catagory.

The car show, the first of it’s kind in Nebraska was organized by the Seward Police Department. Turnout resulted in the showing of approximately 70 law enforcement vehicle of all kinds. The D.A.R.E go-cart competed with a number of other vehicle entered in the D.A.R.E. category.

Shell Creek School

D.A.R.E. students from Christ Lutheran School shown with Sheriff’s Office D.A.R.E. go-cart just before Columbus Days Parade.