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D.A.R.E.

Currently we have one D.A.R.E. Officer, Abram Antonucci. He teaches all 5^th grade classes in Bozeman schools, a reduced class to numerous 3^rd grade classes and several classes in rural schools around Bozeman. He serves part-time as one of our School Resource Officers, helping address other law enforcement concerns in our schools as needed.

Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons taught from Kindergarten through 12th grade. D.A.R.E. was founded in 1983 in Los Angeles and has proven so successful that it is now being implemented in 75 percent of our nation's school districts and in more than 43 countries around the world.

The D.A.R.E. program was implemented in the Gallatin Valley in the early 1990s, with the core of the program focusing on 5^th grade students.

The D.A.R.E. program is more than just drug prevention education; it teaches students good decision making skills to help them avoid high-risk behavior to ensure they grow up healthy, safe and secure. The D.A.R.E. curricula integrates the latest in research-based strategies into the world's largest and most effective educational delivery network----D.A.R.E.

D.A.R.E. is universally viewed as an internationally recognized model of community policing. The United States Department of Justice has identified how D.A.R.E. benefits local communities:

· D.A.R.E. "humanizes" the police: that is, young people can begin to relate to officers as people

· D.A.R.E. permits students to see officers in a helping role, not just an enforcement role

· D.A.R.E. opens lines of communication between law enforcement and youth

· D.A.R.E. Officers can serve as conduits to provide information beyond drug-related topics

· D.A.R.E. opens dialogue between the school, police, and parents to deal with other issues

For more information on D.A.R.E., visit their website at www.dare.com

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