You will prepare a brief research and argumentative essay on the subject of the role of school resource officers in our education system.
1) Define a school resource officer and identify what his or her relationship is with the school and the police agency. For instance, who is the SRO's employer? How should those relationships be defined?
2) What kind of training, if any, is required or available to SROs; and should specialized training be required of a policing officer serving in the schools as an SRO?
3) Distinguish the duties of an SRO from the duties of a traditional patrol officer?
4) What are the benefits of having an SRO in the schools? What are the concerns and problems identified by critics? How does the role of an SRO fit into the broader social justice concerns regarding the pipeline to prison?
5) What differentiates a successful SRO program from a not so successful SRO program?
6) Do you think police officer's should be in the schools? Why or why not?
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