New DARE officer joins MPD

Published on Monday, March 31, 2008 12:35 PM CDT

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The Mandeville Police Department recently welcomed new DARE officer Darren Powell to Mandeville.

Mandeville has four full-time officers and one part-time officer assigned to the schools teaching DARE and working as school resource officers.

Chief Tom Buell said, “In a combination of grant funds and School Board funding, we are able to work together with our school to keep our schools safe and teach drug prevention.”

From left are Lt. Judy Carrier, Support Services supervisor; Sgt. Gerald Sticker, Mandeville Junior High School Resource Officer; Officer Charles Sullivan, Mandeville High School Resource Officer; Officer James Kindler, DARE officer; Chief of Police Tom Buell; Officer Darren Powell, DARE officer; and Officer Anton Schwartz, Mandeville Junior High DARE.

Powell has 10 years of experience as a police officer and is certified to teach DARE in fifth and seventh grades.

He is currently teaching in the Mandeville schools.

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