Leslie Allen

Sumner Newscow report — The Kansas Juvenile Officers Association recently named Wellington School Resource Officer Leslie Allen as the “Dare Officer of the Year for the state of Kansas.”

Allen is an officer for the Wellington Police Department.

The award was presented during the KSJOA Annual Conference at the Drury Plaza Hotel in Wichita this week.

D.A.R.E. is a drug education program aimed at preventing the misuse of controlled drugs. The KSJOA exists to promote harmony and goodwill among members of the association; to promote continuity of materials and teaching techniques; to reinforce and maintain discipline of the D.A.R.E. curriculum; and to develop a means to disseminate information which is valuable to all members statewide.