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Community-Oriented Policing

➤ Compare and contrast the normative beliefs of school
age children as it relates to their decision-making
D.A.R.E. Instructor Training skills.
➤ Effectively explain the D.A.R.E. concepts of decision
making for school age children.
➤ Successfully prepare and present a D.A.R.E.
curriculum lesson plan.
Who Should Attend
Law enforcement offi cers with a minimum of two years ➤ Utilize the skills learned in the course in an actual
experience and has the desire to instruct a curriculum to classroom setting.
school age children that teaches skills of how to avoid
drugs, gang, and violence. Course Requirements
Attendance is required at all class sessions. In order
to complete this course, the participant must actively
Course Goals
Millions of school children around the world will benefi t participate in all classroom discussions and activities
from D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), the and obtain a minimum score of 75% on a written test to
highly acclaimed program that gives kids the skills they be given at the conclusion of the course. Students must
need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs, and violence. complete a series of planning and presenting D.A.R.E.
D.A.R.E. is a police offi cer-led series of classroom lessons Lessons that will be chosen by the course Facilitator.
that teaches children from kindergarten through 12th Students must successfully present a portion of an
grade how to resist peer pressure and live productive assigned D.A.R.E. Lesson to school age children in a
drug and violence-free lives.The D.A.R.E. curriculum is classroom setting. Students must bring their uniform.
designed to be taught by police offi cers whose training
and experience gave them the background needed All students attending this course must complete an
to answer the sophisticated questions often posed by application packet from the North Carolina D.A.R.E.
young students about drugs and crime. Prior to entering Training Center before admittance. Within that packet
the D.A.R.E. program, offi cers must undergo 80 hours all students must sign a Code of Conduct per D.A.R.E.
of special training in areas such as child development, America Policy. Applications may be obtained from
classroom management, teaching techniques, and Captain Michael Adkins with the Caswell Co. Sheriff’s
communication skills. Offi ce by email at madkins@ncdare.org.

Course Coordinator Length of Course
Course Objectives
At the end of this training, offi cers will be able to: Scott Grantham Ten days (80 hours)
➤ Evaluate and understand the physical, emotional,
social, and legal risks that gateway drugs have on
school age children’s brains and bodies.

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