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The St. John Police Department provides officers to teach D.A.R.E. and serve as School Resource Officers for Marvin Elementary, Ritenour Middle, and Ritenour High schools. D.A.R.E. classes are taught at Marvin Elementary as part of a nation-wide effort to reduce drug and alcohol abuse among children and to teach them that there are better ways to deal with conflicts than violence. D.A.R.E. was founded in 1983 in Los Angeles, California, and has been updated and revised since then. No longer is the program just an officer lecturing from a podium. Today’s D.A.R.E. program includes officer-facilitated work, discussion groups, and role-playing sessions.
St. John Police Department also provides a School Resource Officer (SRO) at the Ritenour High School. The D.A.R.E. Officer provides SRO services to Ritenour Middle School. SRO’s are actively involved in the school. Students can participate in a Junior Police Academy, and receive instruction in some 200 subject areas. Additionally, our D.A.R.E./SRO officers investigate criminal offenses in which the perpetrator is a juvenile as well as those in which the victim is a juvenile. D.A.R.E./SRO officers work with teachers, counselors, school administration, Division of Family Services (DFS), patrol officers, and detectives. The duties and functions that are conducted by the DARE/SRO unit are as follows: Teach a ten week course of DARE. Conduct classroom presentations when requested. Investigate all child sexual offense cases and child abuse cases. Serve as a counselor and mentor to students if needed. Investigate all juvenile offenses either through self initiated or assisting other officers. Training that the unit has received School Resource Officer School - Basic and Advanced Child Death and Abuse Investigations Fully Certified DARE Instructors Continuing Juvenile Law Updates Functions and Community Involvement St. John's Police Scholarship along with several events for fundraisers: Applebee's Grill and Bar Night Dodge-ball Tournament BS Bar and Grill Night Annual DARE Golf Tournament Participate in several area Safety and Wellness Fairs
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