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Protecting and mentoring: What school resource officers do in elementary schools
Read full article: Protecting and mentoring: What school resource officers do in elementary schoolsWhen the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Safety Act required armed officers or guardians in every Florida school starting in 2018, that created an opportunity for the Clermont Police Department: to add officers to all elementary schools since the Lake County Sheriff's Office was already in middle and high schools.
Orlando police school resource officers had zero use of force incidents on students in 2021
Read full article: Orlando police school resource officers had zero use of force incidents on students in 20212021 was one of the most successful years ever for Orlando Police Department school resource officers.
Daytona Beach school resource officer helps chase down man with gun, police say
Read full article: Daytona Beach school resource officer helps chase down man with gun, police sayA school resource officer put a school on lockdown, then helped to chase down a man with a gun who was wanted for an armed robbery, according to Daytona Beach Police.
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.