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Youth Service Programs
D.A.R.E.
D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) is a cooperative effort between DCSO, local schools, students and parents. It offers an educational program in the 5th grade to prevent or reduce drug abuse and violence among youth. The D.A.R.E. program offers preventive strategies that focus on the development of social competence, communication skills, self-esteem, empathy, decision-making, conflict resolution, sense of purpose and independence, and positive alternatives to drugs and violence. |
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Important Internet Links:
Family Crisis/Domestic Violence
Teens in Trouble
Missing or Abducted Children
Curfew
Loitering on Roadways
Operating Motorized Vehicles On Trails
Unregistered
UnInsured
Disturbing the Peace by operating vehicle
Teen Driving
Emergency Ready Kids!
Know your 9-1-1
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G.R.E.A.T.
 G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education and Training) is another program instructed in our local schools by DCSO Youth Services Officers. Taught at the middle school level, this program teaches students skills to avoid gang affiliation and activity. The 13 week program identifies the negative consequences of gang involvement. It teaches youths to set goals for themselves, learn conflict management, and resist gang peer pressure by seeking out and participating in positive activities. |
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Fighting Chance
The Fighting Chance program is another program instructed in our local schools by DCSO Youth Services Officers. Taught at the Elementary School level (5th and 6th grade), this program teaches children to avoid danger, and to proactively resist and fight back if ever abducted. Just as our kids practice sports, music lessons or ballet, they need to practice this.
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Explorers
DCSO sponsors Explorer Post 2105. This program gives boys and girls, ages 14 to 20, the opportunity to experience hands-on participation and training with law enforcement. Many of our cadets have gone on to successful careers in the military and law enforcement. For more information about any of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Youth Service Programs, contact Deputies Chris Griffith or Teresa Duffy at 775-783-6441. |
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