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Officer uses DARE as tool for prevention.

Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Publication Date: 31-MAR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Officer uses DARE as tool for prevention.(Neighbor)(Lisle)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Joan Broz

Lisle police officer Jodie Wise tends to make a strong impression when she visits classrooms.

Dressed in her navy blue uniform, Wise teaches five anti-drug DARE classes at Schiesher Elementary School and two at St. Joan of Arc Elementary School, reaching a combined 205 fifth-graders.

DARE programs have come under fire, and even been abandoned in some towns as being ineffective, but Wise strongly disagrees.

"DARE works," she said. "We have a motto that 'D' is for design, which means to state the problem; 'A' is for accessing the choices; 'R' is to respond and pick a choice; and 'E' is to evaluate - did you make a good...

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