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League
City Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association
League City DARE Program The League City DARE program received a donation of $1000.00 from the League City Lions Club.The League City Police Department began the D.A.R.E. Program in 1990, and over the past fourteen years, our D.A.R.E. officers have been involved with and taught over 30,000 students in the Clear Creek Independent School District. The D.A.R.E. Program has provided not only educational needs for parents, children and schools in our community, but has also served as a wonderful tool for other community-based resources.The League City Lions Club sponsorship for the D.A.R.E. Program has been immeasurable.
Pictured - Officer John Griffith, Lion Rusty Vidrine, Officer Tom Blasky.
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The League City Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association gave freely
of their time to staff a booth at the 2004 Village Fair held in May,
to educate the public about the dangers of drinking and driving. Using
these special goggles as a demonstration helps a person realize how
life-threatening it is to get into a car with someone who has been drinking
alcohol. With the instantaneous effects felt with the goggles, it is
not difficult to perceive how dangerous it is to try to operate a vehicle
after drinking alcohol.
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Participants drove a golf cart through a course without the goggles,
then with the goggles. Participants also had to perform 3 simple motor
skills tests; heel-to-toe walk, dribble a basketball, and picking up
keys. Once the goggles were put on, an easy task was not so easy. Participants
would have trouble walking a straight line, when they did it with ease
without the goggles. They would run over several cones while driving
with the goggles and did not hit any without the goggles. Picking up
keys became comical as they would walk right over them or step on them.
The goggles greatly alter a person's depth perception and balance. With
the instantaneous effects that we feel with the goggles, it is not difficult
to perceive how dangerous it is to try to operate a vehicle after drinking
alcohol. We hope that the message of drinking and driving do not mix.
