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WATCH: St. Cloud police release bodycam of 15-year-old attacking school resource officer
Read full article: WATCH: St. Cloud police release bodycam of 15-year-old attacking school resource officerPolice released bodycam video Monday of a fight last week between a 15-year-old student and a school resource officer at St. Cloud High School moments before the boy was arrested.
FDLE turned over Osceola SRO body-slamming case to state attorney’s office
Read full article: FDLE turned over Osceola SRO body-slamming case to state attorney’s officeThe probe into an Osceola County school resource deputy who was caught on video slamming a Liberty High School student onto concrete was turned over to the State Attorney’s Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said.
Investigation: Florida school resource officers are not required to undergo juvenile-specific training
Read full article: Investigation: Florida school resource officers are not required to undergo juvenile-specific trainingWhile juvenile specific training is a requirement for school resource officers in Kissimmee, it is not a statewide requirement. According to state law, school resource officers are required to get “mental health crisis intervention training”, but it does not have to be specific to juveniles. AdNew questions about school resource officers and training are now surfacing after two viral videos. But state lawmakers like Rep. Rene Plasencia do not feel school resource officers are equipped. Plasencia, a former teacher who goes by the nickname “Coach P”, saw counties struggle to find qualified school resource officers after the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Act, laws passed after the school shooting in Parkland which, in part, required a school resource officer in every state public school.
Funding needed to help protect schools in some Central Florida counties
Read full article: Funding needed to help protect schools in some Central Florida countiesMany school district and county leaders in Central Florida said they're working to have multiple armed guards in the high schools. Below is a county-by-county breakdown of how schools are budgeted for the SRO program. The starting salary for a guardian is $32,000 while the starting salary for a deputy is $36,000. The SRO budget for 2019-2020 not yet finalized but is expected to be about $5 million. The total budget for the SRO program is $8.3 million, which includes training, salaries, purchasing vehicles and more.