These are the law enforcement services and events provided or supported by The Center for Safe Communities & Schools. Please click on the appropriate button to link to more information about each particular service.


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• Tobacco Law Enforcement
• School Based Law Enforcement Conference
• Dare Officer Training
• Institute for Criminal Justice Studies

CSCS provides services to increase compliance with the Texas Tobacco law and reduce initiation of youth tobacco use in accordance with the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Tobacco Prevention Initiative.

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The School-Based Law Enforcement (SBLE) Conference is an exceptional opportunity for school administrators, teachers, parents, and school based law enforcement officers to receive training about best practices in school safety and security. The Center for Safe Communities & Schools has designed this conference to focus on timely and relevant topics related to school safety and security.

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The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program, the pioneer prevention effort founded in Los Angeles in 1983, is going high-tech, interactive, and decision-model-based. Gleaming with the latest in prevention science and teaching techniques, D.A.R.E. is reinventing itself as part of a major national research study that promises to help teachers and administrators cope with ever-evolving federal prevention program requirements and the thorny issues of school violence, budget cuts, and terrorism.

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The Institute for Criminal Justice Studies offers a variety of basic and advanced courses including: Crime Prevention, Juvenile Law, Basic School Police, Auto Theft, Investigative Techniques: Missing & Abducted Persons, Sharing Juvenile Records, Advanced Lock Technologies, Alarm Systems, School Violence, Using the Internet to find Runaways and Missing Persons, and Hostage Situations.

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