DARE stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. The program was created in Los Angeles California in 1983 to combat the rise in drug use in America's youth. The purpose of the DARE program is twofold:

To help young people recognize the danger of drug use; and to reduce the rising level of violence they face.

The DARE program is a seventeen week curriculum in which students in the fifth grade learn what drugs are, what harm can come from the use of drugs, ways to resist the pressure to use drugs, alternative ways to have fun without drugs, building self esteem, and gang awareness. At the end of the DARE program each student writes a plan to stay drug free.

Each year the Graham Independent School District's D.A.R.E. Program graduates approximately 200 D.A.R.E. Students. The Graham Police Department is proud to be an active part in preparing our youth to face the challenges of Drug Abuse and Violence.

The Graham Police Department is proud to provide the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Program.

DARE Officers for the Graham Police Department are:

Chief of Police Tony Widner
Officer Joe Siskar                                                                       

D.A.R.E. To Say No!