SRO Program
“If you have the opportunity to have an SRO [School Resource Officer] at your school: How stupid of you to say no. It is an awesome responsibility to be a principal and in charge of safety of students today. We are very vulnerable.” (19 SRO Case Studies: Large New Site Three, Abt Associates, Inc. February 2005)
On October 12, 2022, reports of an “active shooter” resulted in multiple San Francisco Bay Area schools being placed on lockdown while police from multiple agencies responded to the schools involved. The reports were later deemed unfounded, but had there been actual school shooters, the time it took to get armed police to the scene(s) could have meant the difference between life and death for innocent people.
On September 28, 2022 in Oakland, a shooting at a school campus resulted in six people injured; two with life threating wounds. Among those injured was an unarmed security guard who was at the school. Police later reported that there had been at least two shooters.
On September 22, 2021 in Fremont, one Kennedy High School student stabbed another in the throat with a box cutter. This occurred off campus, near the school. Police said two school resources officers who were stationed at Kennedy High School were on the scene within 46 seconds, drastically reducing response time and helping to prevent this violent crime from turning into a tragedy.
On August 15, 2022 in Stockton, a school resource officer disarmed a 17 year old student who pulled a loaded gun during a fight at Lincoln High School.
These are just a few examples of why we need to keep SROs in our schools. SROs build rapport with students, and they provide vital resources for at-risk youths. Far from being law enforcement alone, SROs guide young people to the community resources which can help prevent them from current or future involvement in the criminal justice system.
On October 12, 2022, reports of an “active shooter” resulted in multiple San Francisco Bay Area schools being placed on lockdown while police from multiple agencies responded to the schools involved. The reports were later deemed unfounded, but had there been actual school shooters, the time it took to get armed police to the scene(s) could have meant the difference between life and death for innocent people.
On September 28, 2022 in Oakland, a shooting at a school campus resulted in six people injured; two with life threating wounds. Among those injured was an unarmed security guard who was at the school. Police later reported that there had been at least two shooters.
On September 22, 2021 in Fremont, one Kennedy High School student stabbed another in the throat with a box cutter. This occurred off campus, near the school. Police said two school resources officers who were stationed at Kennedy High School were on the scene within 46 seconds, drastically reducing response time and helping to prevent this violent crime from turning into a tragedy.
On August 15, 2022 in Stockton, a school resource officer disarmed a 17 year old student who pulled a loaded gun during a fight at Lincoln High School.
These are just a few examples of why we need to keep SROs in our schools. SROs build rapport with students, and they provide vital resources for at-risk youths. Far from being law enforcement alone, SROs guide young people to the community resources which can help prevent them from current or future involvement in the criminal justice system.
According to a two-year study published by Routledge in 2019, for every dollar invested in the [SRO] program, a minimum of $11.13 of social and economic value was created. The report lists numerous benefits of the program, including:
• Prevention or minimization of property damage in the school and surrounding areas.
• Prevention of student injuries and even death due to violence, drug overdoses, etc.
• Reduction of the need for schools to call 911.
• Reduction of the likelihood that a student will get a criminal record.
• Increase of the likelihood that students (particularly those with mental health issues) will get the help they need from the social service and health care systems.
• Increase in feelings of safety among students and staff. A database of the National Police Foundation’s Averted School Violence project is full of case studies that describe similar SRO interventions. A 2020 report, “School Resource Officers: Averted School Violence Special Report”, describes 12 incidents from that database.
From the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASR0): Several times a month during each academic year, news stories from outlets around the U.S. report on SROs learning of and confiscating firearms from students.
The goals of well-founded SRO programs include providing safe learning environments in our nation’s schools, providing valuable resources to school staff members, fostering positive relationships with youth, developing strategies to resolve problems affecting youth and protecting all students, so that they can reach their fullest potentials. NASRO considers it a best practice to use a “triad concept” to define the three main roles of school resource officers: educator (i.e. guest lecturer), informal counselor/mentor, and law enforcement officer.
[Debunking the myth that SROs contribute to a school-to-prison pipeline]: Carefully selected, specially trained school resource officers who follow NASRO’s best practices do not arrest students for disciplinary issues that would be handled by teachers and/or administrators if the SROs were not there. On the contrary, SROs help troubled students avoid involvement with the juvenile justice system. In fact, wide acceptance of NASRO best practices is one reason that the rates of juvenile arrests throughout the U.S. fell during a period when the proliferation of SROs increased (see To Protect and Educate: The School Resource Officer and the Prevention of Violence in Schools).
The presence of SROs on school campuses dramatically reduces police response time, helping to prevent crises from becoming tragedies. Enhanced security on school campuses is an absolute necessity.
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