The Woodland Park Police Department has resumed offering the LEAD – Law Enforcement Against Drugs – program at Memorial Middle School. LEAD is similar to the now-defunct DARE program. Officer Derrick Morrison is visiting all eighth grade social studies classes weekly.

The program was launched prior to the pandemic at Beatrice Gilmore School for fourth grade classes and Memorial for eighth grade students. After a hiatus due to COVID, the program is now back up at Memorial. 

Lessons at Beatrice Gilmore will resume later this school year.

The program is presented in 10 lessons. The first unit is aimed at establishing and developing social and emotional competency skills. The second unit focuses on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and the effects of their use on the body. Additionally, the students learn about refusal strategies, using over-the-counter and prescription drugs safely and how making healthy choices will impact their life-long wellness.​