October 19, 2022 – New York – New York Police Department school safety agents are receiving nationally recognized training this week from the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) at the NYPD Academy. For the first time in NASRO’s history, it is providing its 40-hour, Basic School Resource Officer Course to 100 NYPD officers.
“Law enforcement agencies around the U.S. and in other nations consider NASRO’s course to be the gold standard in training for school-based police officers,” said NASRO executive director Mo Canady, who is one of the instructors teaching at the NYPD academy. “We’re excited to share our knowledge with NYPD school safety agents and are confident it will help them become even more effective at serving the students, faculty and staff of New York City schools.”
NASRO’s Basic SRO Course provides participants with a solid understanding of school resource officer (SRO) roles and responsibilities using NASRO's triad model of school-based policing. The model describes SRO roles as threefold: mentor, classroom guest lecturer, and law enforcement officer. The course equips officers to develop trusting relationships with diverse students and to support students who have disabilities and behavioral health challenges. Participants explore relevant public safety topics, such as digital safety, human trafficking, mental health, and substance abuse. They also learn best practices for de-escalation, behavioral threat assessment, emergency operations planning, and armed assailant response.
The course is based on best practices NASRO has developed over decades. Examples include SROs avoiding involvement in enforcement of school rules and in classroom management issues or similar activities that educators would traditionally handle on their own in the absence of police officers. NASRO recommends that SROs avoid arresting students whenever possible.
The course is scheduled to conclude by 4 p.m. Friday, October 21.
About NASRO
NASRO is a nonprofit organization for school-based law enforcement officers, school administrators and school security/safety professionals working as partners to protect students, school faculty and staff, and the schools they attend. NASRO’s national offices are in Hoover, Alabama. The organization was established in 1991. For more information, visit www.nasro.org.
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