WATCH: Congratulations to Ashley Norton, Gabe Hagwood and Jeff Jones for graduating from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program! D.A.R.E. is an education program that seeks to prevent use of controlled drugs, membership in gangs, and violent behavior. | BTW21 - Beyond the Walls

The #LCSO is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program today – otherwise known as .D.A.R.E., D.A.R.E has been in the Loudoun County Public Schools since 1987, where it is taught to fifth-grade students by specially trained LCSO deputies. In 2012, Sheriff Chapman expanded D.A.R.E. to middle schools to better address peer pressure, and it is now taught to sixth graders as well. Nearly 200,000 of Loudoun’s students have participated in D.A.R.E over the years, a

Deputy DeMarco Marable is not only a specialized in teaching Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) but also serves his community in many other ways including but not limited to being a youth mentor in the Big Brother program. We are very proud to call him one of ours! | Franklin County Sheriff's Office