Deputy Alana Hunt and the new 2006 Dodge Charger DARE car!

This car was unveiled to the public on June 20th, 2007.  The car is modified featuring wing-style "Lambo" doors, customized "shaker" hood, custom wheels and tires and custom paint that reflects over 200 hours of donated labor. 

Contributions to complete the D.A.R.E. vehicle project were made by many businesses in the community.  The Kootenai County Sheriff's Department thanks Tom Addis Dodge, Les Schwab Tire in Hayden, Gunner Productions, CG Customs, KRE-8 Airbrushing and Carquest Automotive for their support and contributions. 

D.A.R.E. stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. It is a drug abuse prevention education program designed to equip elementary, middle and high school children with knowledge about drug abuse, the consequences of abuse, and skills for resisting peer pressure to experiment with drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Based on the premise that prevention is the only long-term answer to drug abuse, the program includes all 50 states and 53 countries. The D.A.R.E. program is taught in over 75% of the nation’s school districts, creating a positive atmosphere for students to interact with uniformed law enforcement officers.

This unique program uses uniformed law enforcement officers to teach a formal curriculum to students in a classroom setting. D.A.R.E. began in Kootenai County in 1990. D.A.R.E. is taught to the 5th or 6th grade students at nine elementary schools: Harrison Elementary, Canyon Elementary, Dalton Elementary, Atlas Elementary, Hayden Meadows Elementary, Garwood Elementary, Athol Elementary, Twin Lakes Elementary and Spirit Lake Elementary.

D.A.R.E. teaches kids how to recognize and resist the direct and subtle pressures that influence them to experiment with alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs. And since between 70% and 90% of all crime is drug related, it is absolutely vital that we reach the children of America before it is too late.