School Resource Officer

This course is designed for new school resource officers to provide them with insight and skills for functioning in the educational setting. Officers will learn the basics of functioning as a school based law enforcement officer, informal counselor, educator, and emergency manager.  Officers attending will be exposed to numerous sections on a variety of school based topics, including Legal Trends, Security for Schools, School Crisis Planning, Education Programs, Crimes & Enforcement, Legal Liabilities, Day to Day Operations and much more. 

• Ethics and the SRO
• Legal liability in the schools
• The SRO as an Informal Counselor/Mentor
• Understanding school violence and victimization
• Threat response
• Preventing violence in school settings
• School safety and emergency operations plans
• Crime prevention through environmental design
• The triad approach of teacher, counselor, and law enforcement officer
• Balancing the responsibilities of enforcement, prevention and education
• Developing a memorandum of understanding between the schools and law enforcement
• Student de-escalation skills
• Education programs
• Understanding special needs students
• Social media and the school
• Search and seizure in the school