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5 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Section 3 . This resolution shall take effect immediately upon <br /> 3 its passage. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Commissioner Marshall moved the passage of the foregoing <br /> 6 resolution and the resolution was passed by a unanimous vote. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA: UNANIMOUS <br /> 9 <br /> 10 <br /> 11 VI. RESOLUTIONS/PROCLAMATIONS <br /> 12 A. PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 13, 1990 AS D.A.R.E. DAY <br /> 13 IN ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Motion was made by Commissioner Halkiotis, seconded by <br /> 16 Commissioner Willhoit to proclaim September 13, 1990 as D.A.R.E. Day in <br /> 17 Orange County as stated below: <br /> 18 <br /> 19 PROCLAMATION <br /> 20 <br /> 21 WHEREAS, D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) is a <br /> 22 semester-long program that teaches young people ways to resist peer <br /> 23 pressure to experiment with drugs and alcohol; <br /> 24 WHEREAS, D.A.R.E. targets young people when they are most <br /> 25 vulnerable to tremendous peer pressure and teaches the skills to make <br /> 26 positive decisions and resist pressure to engage in negative behaviors; <br /> 27 WHEREAS, more than 100, 000 classrooms in 49 states as well as <br /> 28 schools in America, Samoa, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand conduct <br /> 29 the D.A.R.E. Program; <br /> 30 WHEREAS, over 20 million students have been reached through <br /> 31 D.A.R.E. ; <br /> 32 WHEREAS, the D.A.R.E. Program is taught by veteran police <br /> 33 officers and deputies with direct experience in cases involving criminal <br /> 34 activities and ruined lives caused by substance abuse; <br /> 35 WHEREAS, each police officer who teaches the D.A.R.E. Program <br /> 36 completes an 80 hour training course that included instruction in <br /> 37 teaching techniques, officer-school relationships, development of self- <br /> 38 esteem, child development, and communication skills; <br /> 39 WHEREAS, the D.A.R.E. curriculum developed by the Los Angeles <br /> 40 Police Department and the Unified School District, and adopted by our <br /> 41 State Department of Public Instruction and State Bureau of <br /> 42 Investigation, helps students understand self-image, recognize stress <br /> 43 and manage it without taking drugs, evaluate risk-taking, behavior, <br /> 44 resist gang pressure, apply decision making skills, and evaluate the <br /> 45 consequences of the choices available to them; <br /> 46 WHEREAS, the D.A.R.E. Program has achieved outstanding success <br /> 47 teaching positive and effective approaches to what is one of the most <br /> 48 difficult problems facing our young people today - drug abuse; <br /> 49 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED by the Orange County Board of <br /> 50 Commissioners that September 13, 1990 is designated as "D.A.R.E. DAY" . <br /> 51 <br /> 52 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />