Loudoun Sheriff's Office Works With Schools On Virtual Drug Class

LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA — The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office's Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or D.A.R.E., program is going online for the 2020-21 school year.

Members of the LCSO's Youth Services Section have been coordinating with D.A.R.E. America and Loudoun County Public Schools to develop and implement the program into a virtual format that can be taught to students online during the coronavirus crisis. D.A.R.E. aims to prevent young people from taking illegal drugs.

The D.A.R.E program was first implemented in fifth grade classrooms in Loudoun County public schools in 1987. The program was expanded to middle schools during the 2012-13 school year. The middle school classes are taught by members of the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer Unit who are assigned to county middle schools.

In 2017, Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman was named the DEA/Drug Abuse Resistance Education Law Enforcement Executive of the Year.