LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN SCHOOLS

Assigning law enforcement officers to cover schools full time as their beats is not a new strategy and is increasingly being turned to as law enforcement agencies and schools coordinate their efforts in proactive ways to address concerns about juvenile crime and violence. The 1997 National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) conference held in Greensboro, North Carolina, afforded the Center for the Prevention of School Violence an opportunity to develop a knowledge base concerning officers from across the nation who are serving in schools.

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Students Against Violence Everywhere
S.A.V.E.

Student-involvement approaches are student initiated, student directed, and student operated. No better illustration of this exists than S.A.V.E. or Students Against Violence Everywhere chapters. S.A.V.E. chapters emphasize and encourage an attitude of nonviolence. Through school and community events, students in high school, middle school, and elementary school promote nonviolent solutions to conflicts.

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Established in 1993, the Center serves as a primary resource for dealing with the problem of school violence. The Center, a public agency not motivated by profit, focuses on ensuring that schools are safe and secure so that every student is able to attend a school that is safe and secure, one that is free of fear and conducive to learning. Testimony presented to the United States Senate Subcommittee on Youth Violence of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary provides a description of the Center’s approach to school safety. Written by director Joanne McDaniel, the testimony provides [...] Continue Reading…