The Port Jervis police recently taught two 10-week educational programs that reached over 300 elementary and middle school students in the local district.
The two programs, D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) and Too Good for Drugs, are designed to help students make healthy and responsible life decisions about drinking, drugs, and relationships, according to Police Chief William Worden.
Police officer Nicholas Osowick—who was, as a kid, in former officer Kelly Decker’s D.A.R.E. class—taught the program for the first time to about 130 fifth graders this year.
“I got to put my cop mind away for a second and get my teaching cap on,” Osowick told The Epoch Times. “I had a couple of rocky starts, but towards the end, I really enjoyed it—I really enjoyed the kids that were receptive and participating in the program.”…