Paulding Deputies Participate In D.A.R.E. Curriculum Review

The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) has eight deputies that are dedicated to teaching the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) curriculum to every 5th grade student in Paulding County. Deputies have been teaching the D.A.R.E. curriculum in Paulding County since 1993, PCSO said in a news release. As most people remember, D.A.R.E. began in Los Angeles as a partnership between the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Unified School District to help find a way to keep kids off illicit drugs.

With lessons ranging from peer pressure, bullying, and social media responsibility to not using drugs; D.A.R.E. has changed to meet the needs of children and the current issues they are facing, PCSO added.

The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office and the Hartwell Police Department were two Georgia agencies selected to review the current D.A.R.E. curriculum. This overview is part of a nationwide review of the curriculum that will take place over the next three years.

"It is important to conduct curriculum evaluations like this so our law enforcement partners from across the nation can help us determine what is working and what is not. We always want to stay current so we can meet the needs of all of our children," Ashley Frazier, director of curriculum and training for D.A.R.E. said in the statement.