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  • Our SRO Partners and Program

    The School Resource Officer (SRO) program is a partnership between ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ ISD and local police departments. ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ ISD has schools in five different cities and works closely with each of the cities police departments.  ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ has open communication with local law enforcement through formal and informal channels. The ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Student Services team meets monthly with both local department sergeants and school resource officers.

    School-Based Law Enforcement as defined by the Texas School Safety Center:

    "At the most basic level, a school-based police officer, commonly known as a school resource officer (SRO), is a sworn police officer who is employed in a school, or a group of schools, with the goal of promoting a safe learning environment. Beyond that definition, the particular responsibilities of SROs vary from campus to campus and are subject to a host of influences.1 Tasks performed by SROs may include providing security at school events, patrolling school grounds, assisting with traffic flow during drop-off and pickup times, and teaching, in addition to many others.2 It is critical to remember that the role of a school-based law enforcement officer is not universally defined and can vary greatly depending on the needs and expectations of the school.1 Alongside this variation in expectations exists a range of factors that determine an officer’s effectiveness in helping build a safe learning space, factors that are still being explored through research about student outcomes.3,4,5

    References

    1McKenna, J. M., Martinez-Prather, K., & Bowman, S. W. (2016). The roles of school-based law enforcement officers and how these roles are established: A qualitative study. Criminal Justice Policy Review, 27, 420–443.

    2Zhang, G., & Spence, D. H. (2018). An evaluation of the Prevention Resource Officer Program in West Virginia middle and highs schools. Retrieved from 

    3Na, C., & Gottfredson, D. C. (2013). Police officers in schools: Effects on school crime and the processing of offending behaviors. Justice Quarterly, 30, 619–650.

    4Fisher, B. W., & Hennessey, E. A. (2016). School Resource Officers and exclusionary discipline in U.S. high schools: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Adolescent Research Review, 1, 217–233.

    5Theriot, M. T. (2016). The impact of school resource officer interactions on students’ feelings about school and school police. Crime & Delinquency, 62, 446–469.