Shakopee schools drop D.A.R.E. for own policing program

Shakopee public school officials are daring to break away from the pack to pilot their own drug prevention and community policing initiative.

Shakopee administrators swapped out D.A.R.E., the long-running school standard for substance abuse education, in favor of their own program, COPS, Community Outreach by Police for Students.

“We just wanted to really build a program relevant to the needs of our community,” said Nika Summer district teaching and learning supervisor.

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