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Patrol

Training School Teachers and Administrators to Respond to Active Killers

Very few people who get into teaching have the mental, emotional, or physical fortitude to use deadly force when under imminent threat. However, every teacher should receive some level of active shooter response training—everyone should have at least some idea of what to do in an attack.

October 12, 2018

Patrol

IACP 2018: Illinois SRO Named Officer of the Year for Preventing School Shooting

Dallas left the athletic director’s office and began chasing Milby, according to Illinois State Police. The teen ran toward his car and fired shots toward Dallas who returned fire, striking Milby in the right hip and right shoulder, the State Journal-Register reports.

October 10, 2018

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Maryland School Board Ponders Question of Arming School Resource Officers

Currently, Baltimore SROs are allowed to carry their service weapon while patrolling the exterior of a school building before and after school hours. But they are required to store their weapons in a secure location during the school day.

October 4, 2018

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California SRO Attacked by Student and Disarmed of Baton

San Jacinto High School had just let out when the officer started to break up a fight near campus. He was soon swarmed with students, and it appeared some of the students tried to pull off a boy who allegedly tackled the officer to the ground.

September 24, 2018

Careers

How the Bond between Cops and Kids Might Help Solve the Police Recruitment Crisis

Many police departments have a pop-up tent, a folding table, and a bunch of knick-knacks with the department badge or logo to give away during street festivals and other events. This is a very passive recruitment tool, and arguably a giant waste of time and resources. Where the real recruitment opportunities exist are in the day-to-day contact between young people and the police officers who serve their communities.

September 21, 2018

Training

High School Kids Surprise SRO with Awesome "Thank You"

When an SRO is really active and really successful, kids will go out of their way to not only talk with him or her, but to thank them for their service. Just ask Officer Mitch, who works at Heritage High School in the San Francisco Bay Area. The way the kids there said thanks was truly EPIC — watch the video to see what they did.

September 20, 2018

Weapons

SRO Bailout Bag Essentials

Propper International

Are you ready for an active shooter call? SRO Rich Portwood takes you through his recommendations for what you need in your bailout bag.

September 10, 2018

Patrol

Ohio SRO Placed on Leave for 'Arcing' TASER to Wake Sleeping Student

An officer with the Smithville (OH) Police Department has been placed on unpaid leave after reportedly "arcing" her TASER to wake a sleeping student.

September 7, 2018

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Connecticut Police Detonate "Pressure Cooker" Device Found Near Elementary School

Officers with the Meriden (CT) Police Department were called to investigate a reported suspicious package not far from Israel Putnam Elementary School in Meriden Thursday morning. They discovered what they called a "pressure cooker type device" and initiated a "shelter-in-place" until the bomb squad could detonate the device.

August 31, 2018

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3 Texas Students Arrested for Allegedly Threatening School Shooting

Police arrested three boys—each one 17 years of age—after a student overheard them discussing detailed plans to coordinate an active shooting at the school involving explosives and firearms.

August 23, 2018

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NASRO Honors Officers, Agencies, and Educators

The National Association of School Resource Officers presented awards to school resource officers, agencies, and educators at its national School Safety Conferenc in Reno, NV.

July 2, 2018

Patrol

Father of Student Murdered by Parkland Shooter Calls for National School Safety Standards

At a news conference Wednesday in Washington, DC, Schacter announced that the Foundation is working with some of the nation's leading law enforcement organizations.

June 28, 2018