The Beckley Police Department prevents crime, protects lives and properties and preserves peace and order through the enforcement of state laws and ordinances. It maintains patrol, criminal investigations, narcotics and records divisions. The Beckley Police Department offers bicycle patrol, community watch and relations, fingerprinting, and gun permit and registration services. The department supports Drug Awareness Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), which is an educational drug prevention program presented by uniformed police officers that teaches students the skills necessary to resist alcohol, nicotine and other drug experimentation. The Beckley Police Department is located in Beckley W.Va.