School resource officer definition

School resource officer means a law enforcement officer or police officer employed by a local law enforcement agency who is assigned to a district through an agreement between the local law enforcement agency and the district.
School resource officer means a certified law-enforcement officer hired by the local
School resource officer. (SRO) means a commissioned law enforcement officer in the state of Washington with sworn authority to make arrests, deployed in community-oriented policing, and assigned by the employing police department or sheriff's office to work in schools to build positive relationships with students and address crime and disorder problems, gangs, and drug activities affecting or occurring in or around K–12 schools. School resource officers should focus on keeping students out of the criminal justice system when possible and should not be used to attempt to impose criminal sanctions in matters that are more appropriately handled within the educational system.

Examples of School resource officer in a sentence

  • School resource officer training certification as required by the School Code (105 ILCS 5/10-20.68) and as set forth in the Illinois Police Training Act (50 ILCS 705/10.22), including renewals thereof, and also such additional training as may be required to meet a minimum of 48 hours of National Association of School Resource Officer (NASRO) training.


More Definitions of School resource officer

School resource officer means a certified law-enforcement officer hired by the local law-enforcement agency to provide law-enforcement and security services to Virginia public elementary and secondary schools.
School resource officer. ’ means a sworn law enforce-
School resource officer means a law enforcement officer, as defined in Section 53-13-103, who contracts with, is employed by, or whose law enforcement agency contracts with a local education agency to provide law enforcement services for the local education agency.
School resource officer or "SRO" means a law enforcement officer hired by a
School resource officer. [or "SRO"] means a law enforcement officer, as defined in Section 53-13-103, who contracts with or whose law enforcement agency contracts with an LEA to provide law enforcement services for the LEA.
School resource officer means a sworn law enforcement officer who has
School resource officer means a law enforcement officer or police officer employed by a local law enforcement agency who is assigned to a district through an agreement between the local law enforcement agency and the district. “School security officer” means a person who is employed by a board of education of any school district for the purpose of aiding and supplementing state and local law enforcement agencies in which the school district is located, but is not a law enforcement officer or police officer.