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Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) - The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) <br />program was created in 1983 and is a program where police officers teach classes to students on <br />drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and making healthy decisions about life. The DARE program is an ex- <br />cellent opportunity to create positive relationships between the children and the officers of the <br />Lino Lakes Police Department. <br />Since 1997 the Lino Lakes Police Department has participated in the DARE program with local <br />elementary schools. <br />DARE Officer William Owens met with over three hundred students from the Rice Lake, Lino <br />Lakes, and Blue Heron elementary schools on a weekly basis for twelve weeks. Officer Owens <br />and the students discussed ways to avoid dangerous situations involving drugs and alcohol and <br />how to say "No!" should one be presented with drugs or alcohol. They also discussed strategies <br />for making healthy decisions and picking good friends. At the end of the DARE program there <br />was a graduation ceremony in all three schools where the families of DARE students had the <br />opportunity to hear some of the exceptional DARE essays and watch their student be presented <br />with a DARE diploma and be congratulated by the school and police department leaders. <br />24 <br />