Here we are at Day 4!  Vote again for Minnesota D.A.R.E.!  You can vote once every 24 hrs.  Go to:

https://www.cub.com/community/cub-50th/cub-50-acts-of-kindness.html

WE NEED YOUR VOTE AND THAT OF ALL YOUR FRIENDS, CO-WORKERS, STUDENTS, FAMILY, ETC !!!  This funding is is needed to provide D.A.R.E. to our students in Minnesota!

 

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D.A.R.E. is Community Policing

 

Minnesota D.A.R.E. is a 501(c)3 program that is governed by community leaders.  Specially-trained law enforcement officers are the vehicle utilized in the classrooms and communities.

 

• D.A.R.E. is community policing or community-oriented policing program.

“Community Policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies, which support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques, to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime.” (Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 – Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) with the Justice Department)

• For community policing to work; there must be a trust and confidence building initiative. It improves public safety by eliciting the input of stakeholders and responds to a neighborhood’s unique cultural and socio-economic dynamics; it is community-centered and human-centered programming.
• Community policing needs to be a strategy that centers on the involvement of citizens in the design, implementation and evaluation of law-enforcement programs.
• Getting “tough on crime” tactics are not shown to be effective. Community policing may be considered “soft on crime” but can make better use of personnel; developing a dialog with citizens, helping to determine community problems and working on creative solutions.
• Informal and formal socialization influences a person’s perception; positive exposure over a sustained period of time can help shape a positive attitude toward the community.
• The DARE program integrates police, schools, parents, and communities. One of these groups alone is unlikely to succeed in directing a child’s behavior.  DARE officers can reinforce the positive efforts of parents and schools.  DARE is a partnership.
• DARE humanizes law enforcement to children and humanizes communities to law enforcement. This is a great training opportunity for law enforcement.  They learn to better recognize the students as individuals.
• DARE permits students to see police officers in a helping role.
• DARE opens the lines of communication between youth and their families.
• DARE serves as a source of feedback to departments to better communicate the fears and concerns of youth.
• DARE can serve as a conduit to provide information.
• DARE can serve as a stimulus for youth to become involved in other police activities (Explorers, PALS, etc.)
• DARE opens the lines of communication with the schools and districts.
• DARE extends to families and adults within the community.
• A.R.E. is a 10 week program not just a one-time opportunity. It takes time to develop friendship and trust.
• A.R.E. is about building a relationship. D.A.R.E. discusses good characteristics of a good leader in our community and friend.
• A.R.E. is about our actions; not just talk. D.A.R.E. looks at consequences of our actions.

DARE officers learn, from their exposure to and experience with, students and their families.

“The purpose of life is not to be happy.  It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”      Ralph Waldo Emerson