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Welcome to the School Resource Officer Room! School Resource Officers (SROs) serve as comprehensive resources in the schools to which they are assigned. The Center for the Prevention of School Violence's research-derived definition of an SRO is:
a certified law enforcement officer who is permanently assigned to provide coverage to a school or a set of schools. The SRO is specifically trained to perform three roles: law enforcement officer; law-related counselor; and law-related education teacher. The SRO is not necessarily a DARE officer (although many have received such training), security guard, or officer who has been placed temporarily in a school in response to a crisis situation but rather acts as a comprehensive resource for his/her school.
The following articles and links are resources for SROs and those who are interested in the approach. Additional Center materials are listed and can be obtained by contacting the Center.
National Assessment of School Resource Officer Programs(2005)
Articles
North Carolina School Resource Officer Census 2007 - 2008
North Carolina School Resource Officer Census 2006 - 2007
North Carolina School Resource Officer Census 2005 - 2006
North Carolina School Resource Officer Census 2004 - 2005
School Resource Officers in North Carolina 2003 - 2004
School Resource Officers in North Carolina: 2002-2003
School Resource Officers and Juvenile Court Counselors
School Resource Officers: What We Know, What We Think We Know, What Need to Know
School Resource Officers: Job Descriptions
School Resource Officer Agreement Example
What North Carolina School Resource Officers Do in the Schools
What School Resource Officers Do as Law-Related Counselors & Law-Related Education Teachers
School Resource Officers & Safe School Planning
"Promising" Strategies for Schools: SRO Program
Links
National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO)
North Carolina Association of School Resource Officers (NCASRO)
North Carolina School Resource Officer Certification
US Department of Justice - COPS Office
National Association of School Safety and Laws Enforcement Officers (NASSLE)
School Crime Operations Package (School COP) - Free Software
Additional Resources from the CPSV
School Resource Officers and School Administrators:
"Talking and Walking" Together to Make Safer Schools
The School as "The Beat:" Law Enforcement Officers in Schools
The North Carolina High School Strategy Survey: The Center's Safe School Pyramid and Other Strategies for Ensuring Safety and Security
North Carolina's School Resource Officers: A Profile
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