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D.A.R.E. and Safety Program
Deputy
Bobby Stroop

The Highland County Sheriff's Office provides safety education programs to the schools of Highland County. One of these programs is the nationally proven Drug Dare Lion imageAbuse Resistance Education Program D.A.R.E.. This program is offered to sixth graders throughout the county and a condensed program to grades kindergarten, second and fourth.

The D.A.R.E. curriculum consists of lessons on the dangers of drugs and how to resist drug offers. What pressures are used to get kids to try drugs and how to resist those offers. New lessons on self-esteem, stress management and conflict resolution are included in the program. General safety concerns are also reviewed and reinforced.

The Highland County D.A.R.E. Program provides this program to the students of Greenfield, Fairfield, Lynchburg and Bright Local school districts. Over 1,500 students per year are instructed in the D.A.R.E. Program in the four grades. Visitations to the other grades are made with other safety programs.

The Highland County Sheriff's Office also spreads the safety message in cooperation with the National Child Safety Council (NCSC) and their mascot, Safety-Pup. NCSC provides materials, handouts, class lessons and special assemblies to students in kindergarten through sixth grade, with safety literature for junior high and high school. This program has been available for several years but will be expanded in the upcoming school year. Classroom safety lessons on drugs, 911, good touch \ bad touch, strangers, bicycle safety, etc. will be made available to the schools.

The Sheriff's Office also annually takes part in the Ohio Third Grade Safety-Belt program that is provided to third graders throughout the county. This program is funded by the state of Ohio to educate and encourage safety-belt use.

The Highland County D.A.R.E. and NCSC \ Safety-Pup Programs are funded through donations from the community, both business and private. The donations are used for the students in literature, handouts, give-aways, prizes and special events (parties, assemblies, etc.), which reinforce the safety programs. Funds are also raised from fundraisers at the county fair and local festivals.

Safety and drug education presentations are also made available to private groups such as scouts, youth groups, churches and senior citizens.

Deputy Bobby Stroop is the D.A.R.E. and Safety Officer for the county schools.  None of the donations collected or funds raised are used to pay the officer's salary. The officer is paid through mandatory fines collected from drug offenders and a special D.A.R.E. grant.

For more information on any of the programs offered by the Highland County Sheriff's Office, to schedule someone to speak to your organization, or to make a donation, please call the office at (937) 393-1421, or email

                   Deputy Stroop

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