Scott City undertakes DARE program on its own

Scott City Police officer Chris Moore has been trained to be a DARE officer and now is spending a few hours each day at the Scott City High School.

Scott City took on the responsibility of paying for its own anti-drug officer after the Missouri Highway Patrol dropped funding for the program. The city previously was served by a DARE officer who traveled around the county.

Police Chief Don Cobb said a city the size of Scott City, the second-largest in the county, "should have its own DARE program anyway... It didn't make sense not to have an officer in the school system."

Moore will go to all games at the school and will attend the school prom. "It's good to have a uniformed officer at school activities," he said.