Officer Jeff Way is the D.A.R.E. officer for the White Lake Township Police Department.
Officer Way teaches D.A.R.E. to students at Dublin, Oxbow, Lakewood and Brooks
Elementary schools in White Lake Township and Houghton Elementary in Waterford.
D.A.R.E. Was developed in 1982 by the Los Angeles Police Department and stands for
Drug Abuse Resistance and Education.
In use throughout the world the D.A.R.E. program targets 5th and 7th grade students.
A nine-week program, D.A.R.E. teaches the harmful effects of drugs, alcohol and tobacco
products and also how to avoid violence. Students who complete the program
receive a certificate and a D.A.R.E. t-shirt at a graduation ceremony.
The 7th grade D.A.R.E. Program was added at the White Lake Middle School
in the 2005/06 school year as a continuation of the 5th grade D.A.R.E. Program,
and to act as a reinforcement of the information already learned. The 7th
grade program focuses on class participation, where students practice real-life situations.
Other activities that the D.A.R.E. Officer coordinates include an annual golf outing
that raises money to fund D.A.R.E. The golf outing also helps
fund 5th grade camp for students as well as the annual “Shop with a Cop”
at Christmas time. Officer Way also conducts an annual fundraiser for M.D.A.
with the White Lake Middle School. Proceeds from the fundraiser help send children
suffering from M.D.A. To summer camp. Officer Way and Captain Ted Lilley of
The White Lake Fire Department also organized a winter coat drive that benefited
the Open Door Outreach Center in Waterford, Michigan.
The past drive netted over 250 new/used coats, plus hats, mittens, gloves
and $132.00 that were all donated to the Center that benefits the needy.
Officer Way can be reached at 248-698-3300 ext. 160 or
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