The Job Shadow Program is held for 11th and 12th grade students at Alvrine High School. The program was developed by Retired Officer Chuck Gilbert for students interested in the field of Law Enforcement. The student attends monthly classes throughout the school year. Topics include: Constitutional Law, Law Enforcement, Career Opportunities, Evidence Collection, etc. Field trips are arranged to Nashua District Court, and the New Hampshire Police Academy.

Children of Hudson Interacting with Police Services (C.H.I.P.S.) is a charitable organization which is dedicated to fostering improved relations between the children of our town and our police department. Since 1990 C.H.I.P.S., which consists of a committee of police officers, business people and concerned citizens, has endeavored to fund and produce programs which allow our town’s police officers to meet and socialize with Hudson’s children and their parents.

The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program has been in place in Hudson schools since 1988. Both Officer Paul Balukonis and Officer William Emmons have been trained as D.A.R.E Officers. Currently, all fourth grade students attend a five week program, which is an introduction to the curriculum they will complete in the fifth grade.

Fifth grade students participate in a seventeen week D.A.R.E. program. This curriculum teaches students peer pressure techniques, self esteem building, self management skills and decision making concerning personal safety and respect for others.

Seventh grade students participate in a ten lesson D.A.R.E. program which is designed as a follow-up to the fifth grade program. The junior high curriculum focuses on violence prevention and the six universally accepted character traits: respect, caring, fairness, trustworthiness, responsibility and being a good citizen.

Perhaps the most successful and notable event for our younger residents is the annual Fright Night - a Halloween Party sponsored by C.H.I.P.S. which is open to all of Hudson’s children. As many as one thousand six hundred fifty people have attended the party at the Hudson Community Center where the children received Halloween bags, pizza, drinks, popcorn, and prizes while a DJ M.C.’s the event. The children participate in games, pumpkin painting, and costume contests and interact with the many police officers in attendance.

Alvirne High School is a comprehensive public high school, grades 9-12, with an enrollment of 1550 students. After discussing and planning, the police department and the school community developed a proposal to fund and implement a School Resource Officer at the high school. In September of 1997, Paul Balukonis, a Master Patrolman with the Hudson Police Department, and former D.A.R.E. Officer, became the first Police member of the faculty. Currently, Master Patrol Officer Roger Lamarche performs this important role at Alvirne High School and Officer William Emmons at Memorial Junior High School. The School Resource Officer’s emphasis is placed on "prevention not punishment".