Conference Information | National Association of School Resource Officers

Conference Registration Rate:

Beginning May 30, 2026, conference registration will be $750 for current NASRO members and $800 for non-members. Meals are not provided. After June 27, any additional registrations will be completed onsite at the 2026 NASRO National School Safety Conference.

WALK-UP Conference Registration Rate - SWAG BAG NOT GUARANTEED

Registration on-site at the 2026 NASRO National School Safety Conference will be $850. Payment is due at the time of registration. Meals are not provided.

(CLOSED FOR 2026) EARLY BIRD Conference Registration Rate

Early Bird registration is only $550 and includes a one-year NASRO membership. To take advantage of this outstanding value, you must register and pay by January 5, 2026. Meals are not provided.

(CLOSED FOR 2026) REGULAR Conference Registration Rate

Regular Conference registration is $650 for current NASRO members and $700 for non-members. You may register at this rate from January 6 - May 29, 2026. Meals are not provided.

NASRO Courses Offered At Conference

NOTE: ALL NASRO COURSES WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE ATLANTIS RESORT

If you would like to register for one of these courses, do NOT register for the conference. Click on the link to register for the course, and your conference registration will automatically be included when you register for the course. Note: Meals are not provided.

Basic SRO Course (40-hour course*) NOTICE: This course begins on Sunday, June 28, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. Book travel accordingly.

Advanced SRO Course (24-hour course*)

SRO Supervisors and Management (24-hour course*)

Project Unite Course (16-hour course**)

*You will receive an additional 8 hours for the conference.

**You will receive an additional 16 hours for the conference.

Cancellations:

Cancellation requests must be emailed to [email protected]. Make the subject line of your email CANCEL CONFERENCE. If the registration fee has already been paid, a refund will be issued. However, cancellations made on or after May 30, 2026, or no-shows to the conference, will forfeit all registration fees.

NASRO reserves the right to cancel or reschedule training. If NASRO cancels or rescheduled training due to weather or unforeseen circumstances beyond the control of NASRO, you are entitled to a full refund. NASRO is not responsible for travel arrangements, travel fees, or any expenses incurred by you as a result of such cancellations. If NASRO cancels a training in which you are enrolled, you will be contacted at the email address you provided when registering, so please be sure to provide a valid email address.

NASRO is very excited to bring you the 36^th annual NASRO National School Safety Conference!

This year's conference will take place at the Peppermill Reno Resort, nestled on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. You will spend your days learning and networking with school resource officers, educators, and school safety stakeholders at the nation’s premier school safety conference, and your downtime surrounded by the natural beauty of the high desert. Reno features the glamour of Vegas without chaos. With Lake Tahoe just a stone’s throw away, there is ample opportunity for working and playing hard at the 2026 NASRO National School Safety Conference.

NASRO will once again offer over 30 educational breakout training sessions at the 2026 National School Safety Conference. Trainers will be a very prestigious group of experts in the field of school safety who will come together to offer their time, expertise, and passion to make this an amazing conference. You are sure to walk away with valuable tools to enhance school safety, relationship building, and the overall SRO program in your community.

Keynote Speakers

There is No Future in Giving Up

Amberley Snyder, Barrel Racer and Motivational Speaker - Amberley shares her experience from living the perfect life to it all crashing in an instant. A rollover accident, leaving her paralyzed, changes everything. She learns how every mountain climbed is a moment to treasure and a lesson to learn. Amberley shows how life knocked her down, but with the help of her family, friends, and faith, she shares that "There is no future, no future in giving up."

A Hero's Daughter: A Survivor's Journey

Madalena DeAndrea, Active Shooting Survivor and Resiliency Advocate -In this keynote, Madalena DeAndrea deep dives her experience of surviving the Borderline Bar and Grill shooting in Thousand Oaks, CA in November of 2018 where 12 people were tragically killed including a responding Police Officer. Madalena is a current Senior Manager of Strategic Projects, Recovery, and Resiliency for Jeffco Public Schools Department of School Safety; and the daughter of Deputy Chief AJ DeAndrea (Retired) who was in a leadership role in three school shootings that changed the fabric of American society and police response to active shootings around the world. She shares how the protective factors she learned growing up ultimately saved her life and the unfiltered reality of what it takes to experience post-traumatic growth after a profound experience of evil. Madalena also empowers attendees with real-world takeaways, mindsets, and tools they can put into place today to make themselves, their loved ones, and their communities more resilient prior to crisis occurring.

Threat and Suicide Risk Assessment and How SROs and School Mental Health Professionals Can Collaborate

Stephen E. Brock, PhD, NCSP, LEP; California State University, Sacramento and Melissa A. Reeves, PhD, NCSP, LPC; Safer Schools Together, Safe & Sound Schools, SIGMA/Raptor - From this session, SROs will understand the similarities and differences between behavior threat assessment and management (BTAM) and suicide risk screening (SRS) protocols. While a behavioral threat assessment does not automatically follow every SRS, or vice versa, this session will discuss the intersection between the two. Emphasis throughout will be on the SRO’s SRS and BTAM roles, as well as strategies for collaboration with school mental health professionals, including prevention through recovery.

Understanding the Role of AI: Digital Risks and Threat Assessment

Steven MacDonald, Executive Director, Safer Schools Together - Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significantly progressed in recent years, with remarkable advancements in machine learning, natural language processing, voice cloning, and a variety of additional services. AI is increasingly used in ways that directly impact University/College campuses, school communities, corporations, and law enforcement.

For Safety/Threat Assessment (S/TA) teams, these developments present both opportunities and new challenges. High risk and vulnerable individuals, detached from their environment and seeking connection in the digital world, may turn to digital platforms and form 'synthetic relationships.'" These relationships could appear to be other users, but may in fact be AI-driven or even maliciously designed chatbots. Furthermore, when AI is used to generate Deepfake intimate images/videos or of weapons, it poses an immense danger to all. To gain deeper insight into the power and capacity of AI, S/TA teams must stay up to date with quickly evolving AI technology.

This session will provide a practical overview of how AI is being used today, what S/TA teams need to be aware of, and how to best recognize the risks associated with its use.

School Liability 2026: The Changing of the Guard and Failure to Train Liability

The Keynote address explores the changing face of litigation as retirements/replacements and legal reforms create a need for greater diligence in training school safety law. Court cases will emphasize the need to reinforce clearly established law as well as place a priority on new legal obligations. Hypotheticals will guide a discussion on the challenges to training.

MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON!