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T.E.A.M. is a drug and crime prevention program, which replaced the traditional Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program in Omaha Public Schools and neighboring districts, Nebraska in 1998. During 1999-2000, 2576 students were randomly assigned to control group and experimental group to conduct the program evaluation. The finding was inspiring: more topic areas, like conflict resolution, shoplifting, and leadership, together with drug prevention, would benefit the students. In addition, Structural Equation Model analysis showed that the following factors had significant impact on the rating of attitude toward police and police help: grade, type of school, attitude towards school, gender, race, and personally knowing a police officer. The implications are discussed in the paper. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]