School Resource Officer
Ensure SROs are familiar with students’ individualized programs, intervention plans
SROs can start by being prepared, proactive, resourceful and decisive
Rick Gilbert, Milton Hershey School senior director of campus safety, shares his strategy
The Milwaukee school board voted to stop paying officers to patrol, monitor dismissals and staff athletic events
As demands for police reform and defunding continue nationwide, some cities have severed ties with their school resource officers
The Oakland school board is expected to support a proposal to disband the district’s police force
“This is a situation where we have to think about the reality of safety and what each agency knows how to do”
The union has joined education leaders in several U.S. cities who have weakened ties to law enforcement
Oregon’s largest school district joins a handful of other urban districts rethinking school resource officer programs
The grant would fund three school resource officers for the Maricopa School District
With schools closed, many SROs have been reassigned, but staying in touch with students is still important
Best practices include placing officers on campus, controlling access points and adopting a layered approach to keep out weapons
The measure changes a 2019 law requiring a school resource officer in every school but did not specify whether or not they could be armed
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The first armed responders to arrive at the shooting were three off-duty officers, a reminder that it’s crucial to carry your firearm off duty
Officials say the lack of arrest powers causes delays in response in schools and communities
An investigation found he was fidgeting with his service pistol when it went off during a lunch period
A heartwarming story of a boy’s determination to overcome adversity and a school resource officer’s selfless act to help
You may be greeted by wary looks and gazes of consternation from the students – stick out your hand and introduce yourself
A resource officer found a student with a loaded gun in his waistband after another student tipped off the principal
A teacher saw the child holding a bag of a white powder Tuesday and called in the school resource officer
Up to 29 charter schools recently reported they have no long-term plan for having an armed guard on campus as required by law
Uniontown Area School District in Pennsylvania responded to a student threat by upping its security measures and screening all students and visitors
Scot Peterson’s attorneys say prosecutors stretched laws “beyond their breaking points” when they charged him
Defense attorney Joseph DiRuzzo III said Scot Peterson is being made a scapegoat
Scot Peterson faces charges that carry a combined potential prison sentence of nearly 100 years
Several students tried to pull an officer off a student who was resisting arrest, causing a brawl with about 80 students, police and staff
The K-9 is grinning ear-to-ear in the school’s yearbook
Police arrested seven people ending a monthlong sit-in in the lobby of an administrative building at a Baltimore university
The full BEhavioral Threat Assessment program (BETA) lasts four days
The LEO says he secured the building as he was trained, repeating his actions were based on “real time intelligence”
In this Q&A, a former cop turned school safety expert discusses best practices and tech tools that local law enforcement can use to prevent violence on campus
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