The Pineville Police Department is part of the Rapides Parish Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Unit.
This year, millions of school children around the world will benefit from DARE , the highly acclaimed program that gives kids the skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs, and violence.
DARE was founded in 1983 in Los Angeles and has proven so successful that it is now being implemented in 75 percent of our nation’s school districts and in more than 43 countries around the world.