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For many years, the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) has recommended the careful selection of law enforcement officers for SRO assignments. NASRO recommends that communities seek experienced officers who have exemplary employment records and proven success working with children, for example, as youth group leaders or athletic coaches. The statistics above demonstrate, however, that it is not always possible to screen out applicants who will commit sex crimes.

Children are safer in schools when they don't have access to cell phones, NASRO executive director Mo Canady told the New Haven (Connecticut) Register

NASRO's “Preliminary Law Enforcement Investigation Checklist: Threat of School Violence” helps officers ask the right questions and document decisions during fast-moving school threat investigations, reports Police1 magazine.

National Public Radio's All Things Considered ran a story about NASRO's National School Safety Conference and the multitude of school safety products that were on display at the event.

It's impossible to know immediately if a report of an active shooter at a school is a swatting hoax, NASRO executive director Mo Canady told the WV News. 

School resource officers can reduce swatting risks, NASRO executive director Mo Canady told The Trace.

More funding sources are needed to place SROs in private and charter schools, NASRO executive director Mo Canady told WBRC-TV

NASRO's executive director provides valuable advice on dealing with swatting calls and hoax threats of future violence at schools.