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Sat May 9, 2015, 08:49 PM May 2015

In Green Bay, a "War On Drugs" profiteer has been caught.



Sheriff: Former D.A.R.E. Officer ‘Tarnished the Badge'; 2 Others Accused in Conspiracy

“Betrayal, disappointment, anger, victimization and disbelief. Just a couple of words that describe how I felt when Kevin Vanden Heuvel admittedly… or admitted to embezzling cash from the DARE parking funds.” Brown County Sheriff John Gossage described his reaction to learning what investigators classify a case of theft by one of their own.

Investigators with the Brown County Sheriff’s Office say three people — Vanden Heuvel, a drug and alcohol abuse counselor and a Brown County employee — were involved in a conspiracy to steal money by printing fake parking passes for Packers games.

The Brown County Sheriff’s Office says Vanden Heuvel — the longtime face of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program — stole thousands of dollars by pocketing money from the fake passes. Part of DARE’s funding comes from parking cars at home Packers games.

Charges have been referred to the District Attorney’s Office against the former officer and the two other suspects, who were not named during a news conference Friday morning.

http://wbay.com/2015/05/08/sheriff-refers-charges-against-former-dare-officer/
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In Green Bay, a "War On Drugs" profiteer has been caught. (Original Post) Archae May 2015 OP
Just one bad apple. I am sure that no one else is deliberately milking out the war on drugs GoneFishin May 2015 #1
Oh, don't even get me started on the DARE program Terra Alta May 2015 #2
"Just say 'No' to drugs"...... A HERETIC I AM May 2015 #3

GoneFishin

(5,217 posts)
1. Just one bad apple. I am sure that no one else is deliberately milking out the war on drugs
Sat May 9, 2015, 09:21 PM
May 2015

for profit, job security, or a sense of self-importance.

Terra Alta

(5,158 posts)
2. Oh, don't even get me started on the DARE program
Sat May 9, 2015, 09:30 PM
May 2015

It's a BS program that teaches kids to snitch on parents and other adults. IIRC, it was started during the Reagan administration as a part of his "War on Drugs". The DARE program needs to be scrapped, IMO.

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