The D.A.R.E. curriculum is continually updated and changed to keep up with the times. Graduated from WIU in 1982 with a Bachelors Degree in Law Enforcement Administration. Attended Police Training Institute in Champaign, IL for a ten-week course. Officer Betzer returned to Grayslake Police Department and worked for that department for two more years, before being hired by the Decatur Police Department in February of 1986. Officer Betzer was assigned to second shift patrol and worked there for one year, at which time he was assigned to a traffic district.
Traffic officers are responsible for investigating traffic accidents.
Technical follow up accident investigations at Northwestern University's Traffic Institute. Crime scene photography. In 1991 Officer Betzer became a part time D.A.R.E. officer and would then sub for the full time officers. In 1996 Officer Betzer was State Board Certified by the Central Illinois Regional Commission for Law Enforcement to teach classes in accident investigation to other officers. In 1997 Officer Betzer was assigned to first shift patrol.