The Willard PAL Program started as a concept by longtime Police Chief Tom McClain to keep kids engaged after they graduated from the DARE Program. In the past 15 years, it’s expanded enough to impact ...

Merrillville police Sgt. John Kralik doesn't mind his students calling him Officer Friendly. It's an easy nickname for the younger students to remember, and Kralik, a Drug Abuse Resistance Education ...

The Pima County Sheriff's Department is taking a new approach to keeping kids out of trouble, and the first step is getting rid of the nationally known DARE program. Getting rid of the decades-old ...

A lack of funding for a national drug prevention program is one reason several local police departments no longer offer drug prevention education in schools, officials said. The DARE program, which ...

ROSEPINE, La. (KPLC) - Fifth-graders at Rosepine Elementary wrapped up weeks of lessons through the DARE program. The Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office celebrated their hard work and reinforced the ...