Golden Valley, MN \u2013 A student from Grandview Middle School in Mound, MN won the Minnesota D.A.R.E. 2018 Essay Contest \u2013 Maquinna P.\u00a0 Maquinna\u2019s D.A.R.E. Officer is Tim Sonnek with the Orono Police Department.\u00a0 As the First Place Winner, Marquinna was able to go to a Minnesota United game with her family and sit in the bench warmers with Orono Police Chief Correy Farniok.\u00a0 Thank you MN United for donating that prize. Following is the list of others who placed.<\/p>\n
#1 – Maquinna P.<\/p>\n
Grandview Middle School – Mound<\/p>\n
DARE Officer Tim Sonnek<\/p>\n
Orono PD<\/p>\n
#2 – Allie S.<\/p>\n
Horizon West Middle School<\/p>\n
DARE Officer Ethan Meehan<\/p>\n
Moorhead PD<\/p>\n
#3 – Katherina W.<\/p>\n
Triton Elementary-Dodge Center<\/p>\n
DARE Officer Matt Stradtmann<\/p>\n
Dodge Co. Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n
#4 – Addison B.<\/p>\n
Visitation School – Inver Grove Heights<\/p>\n
DARE Officer Mario Reyes<\/p>\n
Mendota Heights PD<\/p>\n
#5 – Megan H.<\/p>\n
Horizon West Middle School<\/p>\n
DARE Officer Ethan Meehan<\/p>\n
Moorhead PD<\/p>\n
#6 – Rohan R.<\/p>\n
Sawtooth Mountain Elementary<\/p>\n
DARE Officer Ben Hallberg<\/p>\n
Cook Co. Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n
#7 – Dilyn B.<\/p>\n
Dover-Eyota Elementary<\/p>\n
DARE Officer Casey McFarlen<\/p>\n
Olmsted Co. Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n
#8 – Gavin O.<\/p>\n
Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic School<\/p>\n
DARE Officer Tim Sonnek<\/p>\n
Orono PD<\/p>\n
#9 – Mustafa H.<\/p>\n
Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion School<\/p>\n
DARE Officer Nichole Korth<\/p>\n
New Hope PD<\/p>\n
#10 – Gavin S.<\/p>\n
Oxbow Elementary<\/p>\n
DARE Officer Jennifer Foster<\/p>\n
Brooklyn Park PD<\/p>\n
#11 – Nakrie K.<\/p>\n
Horizon Middle School<\/p>\n
DARE Officer Ethan Meehan<\/p>\n
Moorhead PD<\/p>\n
#12 – Payton G<\/p>\n
Horizon West<\/p>\n
DARE Officer Ethan Meehan<\/p>\n
Moorhead PD<\/p>\n
#13 – Finn B.<\/p>\n
Visitation School<\/p>\n
DARE Officer Mario Reyes<\/p>\n
Mendota Heights PD<\/p>\n
#14 – Connor N.<\/p>\n
Horizon West<\/p>\n
DARE Officer Ethan Meehan<\/p>\n
Moorhead PD<\/p>\n
#15 – Charlotte S.<\/p>\n
Oxbow Creek<\/p>\n
DARE Officer Jennifer Foster<\/p>\n
Brooklyn Park PD<\/p>\n
D.A.R.E. has become so much more than just a drug and violence prevention organization.\u00a0 Our D.A.R.E. officers are telling us that they work with children who need assistance in many additional areas.\u00a0 Law Enforcement are exposed to children in traumatic situations everyday\u2014homelessness, mental health issues, domestic violence, abuse, neglect, lack of food\/nutrition, and the list goes on.<\/p>\n
The D.A.R.E. program is the largest community policing program in Minnesota.\u00a0 Annually we instruct between 60,000 \u2013 70,000 Minnesota students.\u00a0 The key to the D.A.R.E. program is the development of a relationship between law enforcement and children (this allows for a positive first exposure).\u00a0 For community policing to work; there must be a trust and confidence building initiative.\u00a0 It improves public safety by eliciting the input of stakeholders and responds to a neighborhood\u2019s unique cultural and socio-economic dynamics; it is community-centered and human-centered programming.<\/p>\n
For more information contact Kathi Ackerman at Minnesota D.A.R.E., Inc. (952-484-2195).<\/p>\n
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