Pictured below:

The Township of Washington D.A.R.E. Officers, Sgt. Rich Skinner, Cpl. Mike Glock, and PO Bill Jackson.

Dan Koch and Bob Finn are standing with the newly restored D.A.R.E. car. A Special thanks goes to them and Nick Diekman of the Township's Road Department for their efforts.

Brookside School students performed a song at a large fund raising party for D.A.R.E. held at the Governor's Mansion.

Photos from a recent D.A.R.E. night at The New Jersey Devils game.

Twp. Of Washington P.D. D.A.R.E. Program

The T.W.P.D. DARE Program is a comprehensive drug and violence prevention education program taught in the Westwood Regional Schools and Immaculate Heart Academy. The curriculum, written by health education specialists, is taught by highly trained police officers at the elementary, junior high and high school level. A parent program is also offered to residents of the community. The Twp. Of Washington Police were one of the first departments to have a fully operational DARE Program reaching students of all grade levels and their respective parents.

School children, parents, teachers, school administrators, government and community leaders all have commented favorably on the Twp. Of Washington DARE Program. Students who have experienced the DARE lessons have exhibited a 30% - 40% increase in knowledge about substance abuse and violence. These statistics are gathered from pretest vs. post test scores which are tracked by computer data entry.

The DARE Program is not the entire solution for drug abuse and violence in society, but it is an effective prevention program that teaches children important life skills. D.A.R.E. is also an excellent community relations program.

For further information on the D.A.R.E. Program contact Ptl. Cumming, or Ptl. Vincent Montalbano.

For more information on the D.A.R.E. Program visit: www.darenj.org

For more information on the D.A.R.E. Program in the Township of Washington, e-mail us at: dare@washtwppolice.org