For Non-Law Enforcement Purposes. Based on their integration as part of the school community, SROs may periodically require access to student information for purposes that fall outside of the SRO’s law enforcement role outlined in Section II. Student information received by the SRO (or other Police Department employee identified in Section VI.A.) that is not related to criminal conduct risking or causing substantial harm shall not be used to take law enforcement action against a student but may be used to connect a student or family with services or other supports. Prior to such a disclosure, whenever possible, the principal or principal’s designee shall notify the student’s parent/guardian, the student, or both, when such information will be shared with the SRO.
For Non-Law Enforcement Purposes. Based on their integration as part of the school community, SROs may periodically require access to student information for purposes that fall outside of the SRO’s law enforcement role outlined in Section IV. Student PII received by the SRO (or other Police Department employee identified in Section V.A.) that is not related to criminal conduct risking or causing substantial harm shall not be used to take law enforcement action against a student but may be used to connect a student or family with services or other supports. Prior to such a disclosure, whenever possible, the principal or his or her designee shall notify the parent, the student, or both, when such information will be shared with the SRO. Information Sharing by the SRO Subject to applicable statutes and regulations governing confidentiality, the SRO shall inform the principal or his or her designee of any arrest of a student, the issuance of a criminal or delinquency complaint application against a student, or a student’s voluntary participation in any diversion or restorative justice program if: The activity involves criminal conduct that poses a (present or future) threat of harm to the physical or psychological well-being of the student, other students or school personnel, or to school property; The making of such a report would facilitate supportive intervention by school personnel on behalf of the student (e.g., because of the Police Department’s involvement with a student’s family, the student may need or benefit from supportive services in school); or The activity involves actual or possible truancy. The SRO shall provide such information whether the activity takes place in or out of school, consistent with the requirements of X.X. x. 12, § 32 (Community Based Justice information-sharing programs) and X.X. x. 71, § 37H (setting forth potential disciplinary consequences for violations of criminal law). When the SRO observes or learns of student misconduct in school for which a law enforcement response is appropriate (as described in Section IV), the SRO shall convey to the principal or his or her designee as soon as reasonably possible the fact of that misconduct and the nature of the intended law enforcement response, and when the SRO observes or learns of student misconduct that does not merit a law enforcement response, but that appears to violate school rules, the SRO shall report the misconduct whenever such reporting would be required for school personnel.
For Non-Law Enforcement Purposes. Based on their integration as part of the school community, SROs may periodically require access to student information for purposes that fall outside of the SRO’s law enforcement role outlined in Section IV. Student PII received by the SRO (or other Police Department employee identified in Section V.A.) that is not related to criminal conduct risking or causing substantial harm shall not be used to take law enforcement action against a student but may be used to connect a student or family with services or other supports. Prior to such a disclosure, whenever possible, the principal or his or her designee shall notify the parent, the student, or both, when such information will be shared with the SRO. Information Sharing by the SRO Subject to applicable statutes and regulations governing confidentiality, the SRO shall inform the principal or his or her designee of any arrest of a student, the issuance of a criminal or delinquency complaint application against a student, or a student’s voluntary participation in any diversion or restorative justice program if: The activity involves criminal conduct that poses a (present or future) threat of harm to the physical or psychological well-being of the student, other students or school personnel, or to school property; The making of such a report would facilitate supportive intervention by school personnel on behalf of the student (e.g., because of the Police Department’s involvement with a student’s family, the student may need or benefit from supportive services in school); or The activity involves actual or possible truancy. School department personnel and school resource officers, as defined in section 37P, shall not disclose to a law enforcement officer or agency, including local, municipal, regional, county, state and federal law enforcement, through an official report or unofficial channels, including, but not limited to, text, phone, email, database and in-person communication, or submit to the department of state police’s Commonwealth Fusion Center, the Boston Regional Intelligence Center or any other database or system designed to track gang affiliation or involvement, any information relating to a student or a student’s family member from its databases and other recordkeeping systems including: (i) immigration status; (ii) citizenship; (iii) neighborhood of residence; (iv) religion; (v) national origin; (vi) ethnicity; or (vii) suspected, alleged, or confirmed gang affiliation, unless it is germane to a...
