Youth Learn Skills Needed to Avoid Drugs, Gangs and Violence

Purcell, Ok -- Youth attending Purcell Schools will be seeing a new face this year when it comes to DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education).

Purcell Police Officer Scott Stephens will be the new part-time DARE instructor. He comes into the job after longtime DARE instructor Phil Hightower retired in the spring.

DARE is an opportunity to give youth the skills needed to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs and violence.

A police officer or deputy sheriff leads the series of classroom lessons that teach children and youth from kindergarten through 12th grade. These lessons teach how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug- and violence-free lives.

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