Police Department

Community Programs

The Southbury Police Department is pleased to offer a variety of programs to promote community safety and enhance the role of the department in the community. These include:

D.A.R.E.

D.A.R.E. IS SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION EDUCATION AND MUCH MORE!

This year millions of school children around the world will benefit from D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education), the highly acclaimed program that gives kids the skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs, and violence.

D.A.R.E. was founded in 1983 in Los Angeles and has proven so successful that it is now being implemented in 75 percent of our nation's school districts and in more than 43 countries around the world.

Over the course of the past three years, well over 220 communities have started new D.A.R.E. programs.

D.A.R.E. is a police officer-led series of classroom lessons that teaches children from kindergarten through 12th grade how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence-free lives.

Corporal Anthony Armeno can be reached at (203) 264-5912 or at A.Armeno@southbury-ct.gov.

School Resource Officer

The Southbury Police Department School Resource Officer (SRO) has a complex and diverse assignment. He encourages, enhances and facilitates a positive relationship between the police and the citizens we serve.

The SRO is a full-time uniformed police officer position that is also responsible for monitoring all four Southbury schools during the school year.  The presence of an officer in the schools helps to prevent and reduce crime, aid in disciplinary matters, improve and enhance the relationship between youth and the Police Department, as well as establish a close working relationship between the Police Department and the school system staff.

Officer Brian McKirryher can be reached at (203) 264-5912 or at B.McKirryher@southbury-ct.gov.