Sabine Parish Sheriff Ronny Richardson, strongly believing in early intervention with young people, has added two deputies to his department who will not only function as Substance Abuse Prevention Education (DARE) officers, but will also serve as School Resource Officers. The officers’ salaries will be funded by a DARE grant, thus saving taxpayer dollars.
School Resource officers have sworn authority and are deployed in a community-oriented policing assignment to work in collaboration with one or more schools. Richardson’s goals for this newly initiated program in the parish include: helping to provide a safe learning environment in Sabine Parish Schools, fostering positive relationships with young people and the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Department, developing strategies to resolve problems affecting our youth, and protecting all students so they can reach their fullest potentials.
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