Stillwater, MN—Minnesota D.A.R.E. and the Minnesota D.A.R.E. Officer’s Association recently conducted their summer conference in Stillwater. It was hosted at the Washington County Sheriff’s Office with UNFI and Cub Foods donating the food and beverages. This year’s conference included a specially designed Autism Training geared specially for law enforcement working…...
Maple Grove PD Hosts – MN DARE Officer Training
Minnesota D.A.R.E. is proud and excited to announce that the Maple Grove PD is hosting the October D.A.R.E. Officer training. This two-week training for new D.A.R.E. Officers will be held at the Maple Grove Government Center – 12800 Arbor Lakes Pkwy N., Maple Grove, MN 55369. The Brooklyn Park PD will also be…...
D.A.R.E. Returning to Hennepin County
Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt and Twin’s Mascot, T.C., lead the D.A.R.E. parade at this year’s D.A.R.E./Twins game on April 30th. Sheriff Witt is working with Minnesota D.A.R.E. to return D.A.R.E. to Hennepin Co. She believes in our children, prevention, and community policing. Hennepin Co. is the largest county in…...
Minnesota D.A.R.E. Class #52
Minnesota D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) welcomed 21 law enforcement candidates into Minnesota D.A.R.E. Class #52 on Monday, January 23, 2022. They have been accepted to attend the intensive two-week training hosted by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and Minnesota D.A.R.E. in Stillwater, MN....
A Different Kind of D.A.R.E.
The principle is still the same: Friendly officers from the Moorhead Police Department come to fifth grade classrooms every day to prepare kids to make good decisions. But if you attended elementary school in the 1980s and 1990s, when the nationwide program was in its infancy, a lot has changed.…...
Minnesota D.A.R.E. Statewide Poster Contest Winners
Poster by Andrea R, Dover-Eyota Middle School D.A.R.E. Officer: Todd Peterson, Olmsted County Sheriff’s Office St. Bonifacius, MN – A Dover-Eyota Middle School student was selected as the winner of the 2022 Minnesota D.A.R.E. poster contest. Andrea R. is a student participating in the D.A.R.E. program under the direction of…...
MN D.A.R.E. Officer Training Class #50
Stillwater, MN—Minnesota D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) welcomed 16 law enforcement candidates into Minnesota D.A.R.E. Class #50 on Monday, April 4, 2022. The intensive two-week training was hosted by the Minnesota D.A.R.E. and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office in Stillwater, MN. After a pause in training, due to Covid 19,…...
