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whether the students could demonstrate refusal skills. Three <br />judges from outside the State of Illinois rated the students' re- <br />sistance skills. <br />The surveys showed that the DARE: pilot program won broad accep- <br />tance from the law enforcement community, from community <br />representatives, and from teachers and principals. More than 90% <br />of each of these four groups felt it was either "very <br />appropriate" or "somewhat appropriate" for a state police officer <br />to teach the DARE curriculum. Alcohol and drug abuse service <br />providers, however, generally did not find it appropriate. Only <br />40% of this group responded "very" or "somewhat" appropriate. <br />Despite this high degree of support for the appropriateness of a <br />state police officer coming into elementary classrooms to teach <br />DARE, a majority of four of the groups surveyed felt that, in <br />most communities, it was more appropriate for a local police of- <br />ficer to teach DARE. Teachers were the exception to this <br />opinion; only 42% of that group felt thr-t it was more appropriate <br />for a local officer to teach DARE. <br />With the exception of the service provi :-s, overwhelmingly those <br />surveyed felt that classroom teachers w�_-�:ld not have obtained the <br />same results, if they had taught DARL. Only 8% of the teachers <br />themselves thought they could have acc^- 1.; shed the same results. <br />None of the law enforcement officers # ht so, and only 5♦ of <br />the community representatives and 5t principals thought <br />