School Resource Officer
A veteran officer shares how the SRO role changed his career direction, inspired further education and redefined his approach to community policing
At NASRO’s National School Safety Conference, a new checklist and real-world lessons gave schools and police practical tools to respond to threats
Research suggests students are less inclined to report school threats — including serious ones — directly to SROs
Deputy Jeremy McCain was critically injured when a gate went through the windshield and pinned him in his car
“Prevention has to start before the gunman arrives. We need to pay a lot more attention to those people before they come to school with a gun.”
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The money may be used for salaries, benefits and training for the school resource officers
Following a video of students jumping a teacher and other disciplinary issues, councilors want to see more police and metal detectors in schools
The conversation started in the wake of a third shooting outside a school in the last two months
Since mid-September, ‘swatting’ calls have targeted schools in at least 34 states and the District of Columbia
At least seven teenagers overdosed from pills possibly containing fentanyl this year including a 15-year-old girl, according to the LAPD
The debate over school resource officers was reignited after a student was shot and killed at a high school earlier this month
The SRO was driving to work when he heard a call over the radio about a man driving the wrong way at high speeds
Prior to the change, school resource officers stored their long-range rifles in their vehicles, which are parked in school lots during the day
This webinar will outline the steps to conducting meetings and deciding on roles, responsibilities and procedures to developing tabletop exercises and small-scale training drills, and eventually graduating to full-scale training exercises that involve realistic role players and responses for active shooter response
The fallen deputy was a 20-year veteran of the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office
Video shows the 15-year-old student bodyslam the officer
Capt. Terry Arnold, a school resource officer at Cook High School, suffered a fatal heart attack after intervening with two fighting students
District officials also announced plans to create a safety task force, led by the LAPD, to use data to map out where and how frequently overdose incidents are occurring
Naloxone will be provided by the county’s Department of Public Health at no cost to the district
“This SRO will not wait at all — no hesitation, no asking for permission to go in — to address an active shooter or any intruder on a school campus,” Sheriff Marcos López said
Officer Rick Hirshey returned as a school resource officer, an occasion that marked a closing chapter in his recovery from the March shooting
“We can breach that classroom or that door as quickly as possible to get in and stop or neutralize a threat,” sheriff said
“When I got the letter, I teared up and cried. It touched me deeply,” Deputy David Morrow said
“Let me be very clear: You are not coming into my schools and killing our children,” Sheriff Wayne Ivey said
The safes where the AR-15s will be kept will also hold ammunition and breaching tools for barricaded doors
This Southern California agency is implementing early intervention to prevent potential school safety threats from materializing into violence
The policy says that people would have to be trained and would undergo the same training as certified school resource officers
Following the Uvalde school shooting, the question of whether teachers should carry firearms is in the news again
Every campus-based law enforcement agency must examine its active shooter response training and response protocols to a school shooting
The governor said his preference remains that school districts hire SROs, but said the law is another tool for districts that want to protect children
A school resource officer confronted a man who tried to break into a parked squad car near the school, officials said
School administrators say the officers will keep students safer and improve security measures
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