Drug Abuse Resistance Education D.A.R.E.

The Athens County Sheriff’s Office actively participates in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program by employing a D.A.R.E. certified Deputy in the local schools. The D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program is an internationally recognized, model program created in 1983 by the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Unified School District.

D.A.R.E. provides students from kindergarten through high school with the skills necessary to recognize and resist pressures to experiment with drugs and to avoid gangs and violence. Lessons emphasize self-esteem, decision making, interpersonal communications skills, the consequences of drug abuse, conflict resolution and positive alternatives to substance abuse.
The most important facet of D.A.R.E. is the use of specially trained police officers to deliver the curriculum within the schools. Police Officers are accepted as authorities on drug abuse, as they deal with drug abuse and its consequences on a daily basis.

Sergeant Jimmy Childs is the  Office’s D.A.R.E. Sergeant and thus instructs local youth in the schools about the dangers of drugs and drug abuse.

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For more information, contact Deputy Jayson White at jwhite@athenssheriff.com