Spencer D.A.R.E Program Starts New Year
By charguth February 12, 2021 9:31 am
Saga Communications
Spencer, IA (KICD)– The Drug Abuse Resistance Program or DARE has returned to Spencer schools focusing on helping kids avoid drug use as they continue toward adulthood.
School Resource Officer Darren Hansen tells KICD News while name of the program focuses on drugs, he likes to look closely at the relationship building between kids and law enforcement.
Lieutenant Kyle Van Otterloo oversees the program at Spencer Sacred Heart and Iowa Great Lakes Lutheran School. He says the theme of personal responsibility is a lesson that can be carried into many facets of life, including what have gone through over the past year with the COVID-19 pandemic.