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D.A.R.E.

Drug Abuse Resistance Education ( D.A.R.E. ) - is a combined effort of law enforcement officers, educators, students, parents and the community to offer an education program designed to prevent substance abuse and violence by educating children to recognize and resist the pressures that influence them to experiment with alcohol, tobacco and drugs.

The Seguin Police Department D.A.R.E. program was started in 1994. DARE Officers are assigned to the program, teaching the fifth grade students. D.A.R.E. also became involved in additional activities, such as sponsoring an annual Halloween Safe House, Blue Santa Program, South Texas Youth Ambassadors' Rally, National Night Out and the Cops and Kids Picnic.

The Seguin Police Department D.A.R.E. program has taken on a new look, with a new nine-week curriculum that is scheduled thoughout the schools schedule.

If you would like a presentation for your school assembly or class, please give us a call.

The Seguin Police Department is proud to announce that Officer Hope Vasquez has received several awards since she became a police officer for the City of Seguin. Some of the awards are:

2005 Hometown Hero by Time Warner Cable San Antonio
October 2005 Officer of the Month
2007 Texas DARE Officer of the Year
July 2007 City of Seguin's Employee of the Month
2007 Seguin Police Officer of the Year
2007 Congressional Award by Congressman Henry Cuellar
2009 DARE American Officer of the Year

Officer Vasquez's accomplishments brought great credit to herself, the City of Seguin and the Seguin Police Department.

Since the start, the Seguin Police Department D.A.R.E. program has gained the support of the community, and the program continues to grow. The DARE program also has lessons for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades. The 7th - 9th grades have an an opportunity to follow up on their D.A.R.E. lesson with ASAPS (Adolescent Substance Abuse Prevention Study). The primary goal of this curriculum is to eliminate the use of Tobacco, Alcohol, Illegal Drugs and Inhalants.