Who Should Attend
Strong, effective management is a cornerstone of an effective
school resource officer program. The program supervisor must recruit,
build and maintain a productive and successful unit. He or She
must be able to work with a police administration, multiple police
divisions, a school administration, city or county administrations,
school boards, the business community, parents, neighborhoods and of
course the officers they are assigned to manage.
A variety of skills are necessary to perform the SRO unit
manager's function. It is also necessary for school administrators
to understand and have knowledge of the function of the SRO unit
manager and the program. Participants who should attend this course include:
- First level police supervisors who supervise an SRO unit
Corporals
Sergeants
- Mid Management police supervisors who supervise an SRO unit
Lieutenants
Captains
- School Administrators who have SRO's in their schools
Principals
Vice Principals
District Administrators
Superintendents
- School Security Managers
Course Outline
Day One
The course begins with registration, welcome, and introductions
of the local host instructing staff, and the attendees. A foundation
will be laid with a review of where the SRO philosophy began and
where it is going. To this end, the class will review the history
of school based policing, and the Triad Concept which makes up the
SRO Philosophy.
It is important for managers to have a firm understanding of the many
roles and responsibilities a school resource officer balances day to day.
To help facilitate healthy class interaction, a discussion generator
will be introduced during the morning of this first day. The class
participants will participate in a series of mock interviews and an
SRO selection process to begin to gather the knowledge in building
and recruiting a strong and productive SRO unit.
- History of School Based Policing
- Triad Concept and the school based policing philosophy
- Roles and responsibilities of the SRO
- Writing and exploring mission statements and their purpose
- SRO interviews and selection process
Day Two
The second day of class will focus on the partnerships that your
SRO unit will be forging. We will also be looking at evaluating
and managing your SRO. Officer evaluation becomes important in
the course of program management and the attendee will have the
opportunity to develop and implement an SRO evaluation. Every
manager needs to have a good working method of evaluating their
program, and handling problems that inhibit the growth of the
unit and program.
- Police/School partnerships and contracts
- Supervising the SRO
- Developing and objective evaluation
- Evaluating the SRO
Day Three
By the third day, the attendee should have a working knowledge
of where the SRO philosophy came from and how it will fit into
your agency and school community. The attendee will have knowledge
of how to recruit and build a program. At this point we address
issues regarding funding, gathering statistics, building relationships
with school administrations, legal issues and problem solving.
- Managing the program
- Gaining department support for the SRO program
- SRO/School Administration relationships
- Crisis management and planning
- School legal issues
- Statistics and funding for your program
- Course de-briefing and summary
Agenda subject to change at the discretion of the instructor
