Utah Officer of the Year

Courtesy of Mike Milne

Deputy Director
Utah Council for Crime Prevention

Officer Stan Penrod – Syracuse Police Department

        DARE Officer of the Year

Officer Penrod is the most recognized and appreciated officer of the Syracuse Police Department.  It would be easy to see why.  But perhaps the biggest reason for the respect he gets from the Syracuse community is the fact that he goes to great lengths to make a personal bond with each of his students.  ...MORE

National DARE Day Declared by the President of the U.S.

Courtesy of Tibby Milne

Thursday, April 10,  2008,  was declared National DARE Day by President George Bush.  In Utah, over 70,000 K-12 students benefit from over 150 committed DARE officers teaching specific lessons on drug abuse and violence prevention strategies...MORE

Less than 1 in 10 Utahans Smoke, Study Finds

Utah Department of Health

Utah has the lowest smoking rate in the U.S., with just 9.5 percent of adults and 7.5 percent of youths saying they smoke, the Deseret Morning News reported Sept. 6.

A study from the Utah Department of Health noted that the rate was the lowest since the state began tracking smoking in 1989. Adult smoking in Utah is 68 percent lower than the national average, while youth smoking is a third of the national rate.

Implementation of smokefree-spaces legislation was cited as one reason for the continued decline of smoking in Utah.

Miss Utah Teen USA reign has been rewarding

Intermountain Catholic News

Kelsey Brigel Miss Utah Teen USA

The year started out with appearances at charity events, for the DARE program (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), for whom she also spoke at a couple of schools in the Salt Lake Valley...MORE

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