Tag: National Association Of School Resource Officers
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Controversial in some quarters, not all districts can afford armed police officers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “Everybody thinks that SROs are all over the place,” said Christine Harms, director of the Colorado School Safety Resource Center. “Most school districts haven’t been able to afford them,” she said. The center provides resources, training and technical assistance to support safe learning environments. School…
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Educators ‘physically and emotionally tired’ as false school shooting calls surge
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In August 2012, a sophomore student disassembled a shotgun at home, brought it to school in his backpack, reassembled it in the bathroom at lunch, and opened fire, injuring a classmate in the cafeteria. It was the first day at school at Perry Hall High School…
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Colorado school staffs get new violence prevention training
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CASTLE ROCK — After more than two decades of analyzing school shootings, the nation’s top prevention specialists believe they have come up with a framework that presents the best ways to ward off such violence. It’s not an easy fix, they say. But the strategies have…