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In an era of proposing to defund the work of local law enforcement — effectively handcuffing officers and deputies from doing their jobs — Watauga, Ashe, Avery and much of the High Country get painted with the same... LEARN MORE Featured Indiana BACK TO SCHOOL: County’s New D.A.R.E. Officer Set to Give Back to Program that Helped Him 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 violent behavior before they have a chance to get in trouble. To... LEARN MORE News Pennsylvania Upper Saucon Township Named One of America’s Safest Communities Upper Saucon Township has been ranked as the 27th safest city in the country according to a new annual report by the company SafeWise ranking the 100 safest cities in America. SafeWise uses up-to-date FBI crime data to assemble its reports. The 2020 list uses 2018... LEARN MORE Illinois News School Districts See Benefits in Connecting Cops, Students Pike County Sheriff’s Deputy Chastity Anderson is the school resource officer for the Western, Griggsville-Perry and Pleasant Hill school districts. After tensions across the country have risen between law enforcement and various groups, some have made a push to... LEARN MORE Brazil D.A.R.E. International News Brazil Training Center Awarded Re-Accreditation Certificate D.A.R.E. America/International congratulates the Military Brigade PROERD Training Center, of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (RS) for their success in achieving re-accredited status. On September 2019, two regional directors from D.A.R.E. America/International... LEARN MORE D.A.R.E. International News Thailand Thailand Re-Opens Schools The D.A.R.E. Program is active and thriving in Thailand during COVID-19 re-opening of schools. 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