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Arkansas Police Chief Takes Pay Cut to Add School Resource Officer
The chief of police for the Palestine (AR) Police Department is being praised for giving up part of his paycheck to ensure that the department could add a full-time school resource officer at the local K-12 public school.
September 26, 2019
Patrol
Florida SRO Fired After Arresting 6- and 8-Year-Old Children
A school resource officer with the Orlando (FL) Police Department who reportedly arrested two children—a six-year-old and an eight year-old—without first getting approval from a watch commander has been fired from the department.
September 25, 2019
Patrol
Preventing School Shootings is Everybody's Business
Earlier this week, we reported on two separate incidents in which police in California arrested four teens—three in the first case, one in the second—possibly preventing two school shootings. You want to know another great way to prevent active killers in schools? Stop glorifying those atrocities and the sick murderers who commit them.
September 20, 2019
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Patrol
California SRO Prevents Woman's Suicide
An officer with the Los Angeles School Police Department was patrolling a high school campus in preparation for a football game when he received word that a woman atop a nearby building was threatening to jump to her death.
September 12, 2019
Officer Glen Wright responded immediately and used his verbal communication skills to prevent a suicidal woman's death.
Patrol
Once a Shelter Dog, K-9 Joins Alabama Police Department
A dog that was once in peril of being put down at a Georgia animal shelter is now a K-9 with the Headland (AL) Police Department.
September 6, 2019
Harlow was rescued from an animal shelter and is now a K-9 with the Headland (AL) Police Department.
Patrol
Colorado School Resource Officer Helps Boy Walk
Officer Brad Gagon built a strength trainer to help a boy with cerebral palsy practice walking.
September 5, 2019
Officer Brad Brad Gagon of the Arvada (CO) Police Department built an 8-foot-long strength trainer to help a boy with cerebral palsy practice walking.
Patrol
Montana Department to Host Back-to-School Event Emphasizing Safety and School Supplies
Officers with the Cut Bank (MT) Police Department will soon host the fifth annual "Kids Day in the Park" event, using the occasion to emphasize school safety and give free backpacks filled with school supplies to students in need.
August 15, 2019
Patrol
Tennessee Police Captain Derides SROs as Not "Real Cops"
A captain with the Knoxville Police Department was conducting a briefing in June—that was reportedly captured on audio—during which he openly mocked anyone who wanted to become a school resource officer (SRO).
July 25, 2019
Patrol
Texas School District Soon to Get its Own Small Police Department
The Plainview Independent School District (ISD) is drawing ever closer to getting its own six-officer police department as the startup agency nears state approval.
July 25, 2019
Procedures & Policies
POLICE Survey: How Would You Make Schools Safer?
We asked our readers what they would do to prevent school shootings and improve law enforcement response to such incidents, and we got a lot of interesting answers.
June 28, 2019
One respondent wrote it would be a good idea for officers on patrol to go to schools and periodically walk the hallways.
Special Units
NASRO Names 2 National School Resource Officers of the Year
This year, NASRO presented its SRO of the Year award to two recipients: Officer Lorenzo Beltran of the Ceres (CA) Police Department and Officer Richard Parenti of the Scituate (RI) Police Department.
June 26, 2019
Officer Lorenzo Beltran of the Ceres (CA) Police Department was named one of two SROs of the Year.
Patrol
FL Officer Dies of Heart Attack at Police Athletic Camp
Steven Brown, 40, suffered a fatal heart attack June 12 after completing his third day leading the Port St. Lucie Police Athletic League's Police Camp.
June 18, 2019
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