COLUMBUS, Ind. – A pair of Columbus Police Department (CPD) officers recently became certified to teach the DARE program in local schools after completing a two-week training course held in Fishers, earlier this summer.
Both new DARE officers, Zach Romero and Ethan Boutwell, are two-year veterans of CPD and are assigned to the police department’s patrol division.
The officers will teach a one-hour class each week that features a curriculum that focuses on educating 6th-grade students about the dangers of drugs and the importance of making good decisions.
The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program started in Los Angeles in 1983. Officers Romero and Boutwell will join seven other CPD officers that currently teach DARE in local schools.
Law enforcement personnel are scheduled to start teaching the 32nd year of DARE in Columbus schools next week.
Ofc. Zach Romero-Courtesy of Columbus Police Dept.
Ofc. Ethan Boutwell-Courtesy of Columbus Police Dept.
