D.a.r.e. Program | Summit County Sheriff
53 University Avenue, 4th Floor, Akron, OH 44308
Barrier Free Restrooms|Designated Parking|Lowered Elevator Controls|Wheelchair Accessible Building (ramps & main entrance doors).
Eligibility
Required documents
Hours
Voice - voice | Community Policing
Languages
None.
Application process
Call Community Policing for more information.
Fees
No fee
Service area
Summit County, Ohio
Description
Provides an officer-led series of classroom lessons that teaches children from pre-kindergarten through 8th grade how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence-free lives. The program is offered to over 6,000 children in five (5) school districts and nine (9) parochial schools each year.
Data provided by
211 Summit
Providing organization
Summit County Sheriff
The Sheriff is the chief law enforcement officer of Summit County. The Sheriff's office is responsible for apprehending criminals, receiving/executing processes and writs from the appellate and Common Pleas courts, and auctioning property taken for non-payment of taxes. The Summit County Sheriff also operates a County Bomb Squad. Their services extend into surrounding counties that do not have their own unit. The Sheriff's Marine Patrol enforces state laws in the Portage Lakes area during the boating season. A primary responsibility of the Sheriff is as the custodian of the County Jail and the inmates incarcerated there.