Officers from the Clinton Police Department will be heading into 5th-grade classrooms at Clinton Elementary School for the annual DARE program.
Clinton Police Chief Ben Lowers indicates the DARE program is a 12-week curriculum for 5th grade students. Chief Lowers will lead the curriculum along with School Resource Officer Mike Bennett.
Chief Lowers notes while many are aware that the DARE program discusses drug and alcohol usage, it recently was updated to include topics such as bullying and what it means to be a good citizen.
Chief Lowers feels that if students get anything out of the DARE program it's positive interaction with the local law enforcement. He says you can't put a price on that.
The DARE program in Clinton schools began in 1992 by current Sherriff Mike Walker. We'll have more on the early days of the DARE program with the Sheriff in the coming days on Regional Radio News.
