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Incident ReportingD.A.R.E - Drug Abuse Resistance Education
The
Kent County Sheriff Department is proud to offer D.A.R.E. to more than 3,000
students every year around the county. This program remains the most recognized
and respected anti-drug and violence program offered to our young people.
This is an excellent way for a uniformed officer to be proactive and interact
in a positive way with students. Like any other information and skills a student
learns, he or she must decide to make good choices. Our hope is that as a
community, parents, teachers, peers, friends and family alike, we are presenting
a common and similar message that will stay with students into their adult
life.
The Kent County Commissioners and Sheriff Lawrence Stelma continue their support for the program. We maintain two full-time deputy positions and one deputy cross-trained in Community Policing/D.A.R.E. Deputies Trevino and McCutcheon received D.A.R.E. Officer training for Junior High level education in hopes to offer 7th grade D.A.R.E. in the future.
Over the past several years D.A.R.E. America requested a study be done to determine the program’s effectiveness. The University of Akron-Ohio conducted a scientific based study, and found the program to be successful. It was recommended to D.A.R.E. America that information and presentation updates be made. From this study it was also recommended that the program be taught as a minimum standard in 3rd, 5th and 7th grades. Our department is looking for ways to meet this challenge to enable us to include a 7th grade program.
For
D.A.R.E. specifications, helpful information and D.A.R.E. affiliations, please
visit the following sites:
Special Friend of D.A.R.E. and Safety Educator/Entertainer, "Retro Bill"
*The Sheriff Department Narcotics Team has confiscated numerous vehicles from drug dealers. Two Drug Forfeiture Vehicles have been converted to “DARE Vehicles”: a 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe and a 2002 GMC Denali. Seized drug money was used to purchase necessary police equipment for those vehicles. (Pictured on this web site)
Contributors
Special
thanks to those in the community who support our D.A.R.E. program with
materials and or services!
| Advantage Sign Supply, Inc. 3939 N Greenbrooke Dr SE (616) 554-3300 |
AGA Gas 1225 Buchanan Ave SW (616) 241-6736 |
| All Digital DJ Entertainment www.alldigitaldj.com (616) 281-4527 |
CARSTAR Collision www.carstar.com (800) 227-7827 |
| Discount Tire 3660 Plainfield Ave NE (616) 363-3047 |
Extreme Car Audio 2070 28th St SE (616) 452-3222 |
| Farrow’s Music, Inc. 51 44th St SW (616) 538-8430 |
Parris Sign Company 4306 Abrigador Tr NE (616) 784-3777 |
| Wolverine World Wide 9225 Courtland Dr NE (616) 866-8451 |
YMCA-West Leonard location 902 Leonard NW (616) 458-1147 |
If you would like to contribute to our program please contact:
| Mandy Trevino | Phone: (616) 632-6227 |
| Tom McCutcheon | Phone: (616) 632-6229 |
