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• Counseling resource in areas which may affect the educational environment

and may be of a law related nature.

Goals

The ongoing goals of the unit continue to evolve with the relative changes in law

enforcement and the educational community. As such, the primary goals work hand in

hand with our overall goal of community-oriented policing:

• Bridge the gap between police officers and young people and increase positive

attitudes toward law enforcement.

• Teach the value of our legal system.

• Promote respect for people and property.

• Reduce juvenile crime by helping students formulate an awareness of rules,

authority and justice.

• Take a personal interest in students and their activities.

• Allow students access to the legal system.

• Give students a realistic picture of our laws and legal system so they will have

an investment in supporting and improving it.

• Teach students how to avoid becoming a victim through self-awareness and

crime prevention.

In addition to the aforementioned duties that the school resource officers are

responsible for, the members of the S.R.O. unit work within the community in a

myriad of different forums. In 2020 the forums included, but were not limited to, the

following:

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