On Assignment: D.A.R.E Day in North Bergen, N.J.

NORTH BERGEN, N.J., JUNE 1, 2011 –The North Bergen Police Department’s annual D.A.R.E. Day at the Stan Newman Sports Complex. Here, Jean Carlos Alfonso, 13, left, and Ohamy Rosario, 12, wade through a pool of muddied water at the bottom of a giant inflatable slide. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Giancarlo Jaime, 11, left, and Ricardo Amengual, 11, compete in the Bungee Run with the help of event staffer Mahmoud Elkayal, 14. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Ulises Medrano, 13, climbs a rock wall operated by soldiers of the New Jersey Army National Guard Counterdrug program. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Mickele Perito, 12, rides Betsy, the mechanical bull. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Richard Mesa, 11, competes in a hula hoop contest. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Students from the North Bergen school district who have graduated from the D.A.R.E. program, cool off with help from firefighters of the North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue who sprayed them with water from a fire truck. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)

Eric Lliguicota, 11, reacts to hitting a traffic cone, which represents a pedestrian, while driving through an obstacle course wearing a pair of goggles to simulate driving while drunk. SSgt. Jose Tassi-Alvarez, right, and Sgt. Michael Linsalata, in background, help run the simulation. (Reena Rose Sibayan/The Jersey Journal)