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A Cincinnati DARE officer faces felony charges for allegedly claiming she 
was working when she wasn't.

Sandra Johnson, 38, was suspended without pay after she was indicted 
Wednesday, according to a memo from City Manager Milton Dohoney to the 
mayor and City Council members. Her police powers also are suspended.

She was indicted on three felonies: tampering with records, securing 
writings by deception and forgery. She said she taught DARE classes and 
signed time sheets indicating she taught them when she hadn't, said Julie 
Wilson, spokeswoman for Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters.

One of the charges mentions Jesse Moore, assistant principal at Winton 
Hills Elementary School, who signed off on Johnson's teaching time because 
he believed her when she said she had taught the classes.

Moore is not in trouble, Wilson said.

The missed classes happened during the 2010-2011 school year. Wilson did 
not know how many classes were in question.

The investigation was conducted by the police department's Internal 
Investigations Section.

Johnson was recently transferred to District 4 after Chief James Craig 
canceled the DARE program as part of his department restructuring.

Cincinnati Police Chief James Craig chose last month to disband the DARE 
squad as part of his reorganization of CPD. Studies show DARE has had 
limited or short term success keeping kids off drugs, Craig said. He 
thinks the department should focus on different youth programs, like the 
13-week boot camp for troubled youth, going on at Rothenberg Elementary in 
Over-the-Rhine.


The Los Angeles Police Department, where Craig spent most of his policing 
career, was the first department to launch DARE but ended it when it 
wasn�t producing the desired results, he said.


Seven DARE officers were transferred to patrol positions or asked to work 
a mixture of roles as school resource officers and patrol officers started 
Jan. 26, according to a transfer list provided by the city.
 
Staff writer Carrie Whitaker contributed to this report.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120216/NEWS010701/302160035/DARE-officer-faces-felony-charges?odyssey=obinsite


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