The Full Scope of the Role Ask ten people what a School Resource Officer does and you'll probably get ten different answers. Some think we're security guards in uniform. Others assume we're stationed in schools just waiting to arrest students. A few believe we simply stand around until something bad happens. The truth? It's far more complex than that. A properly trained School Resource Officer operates in three primary roles: law enforcement officer, educator, and informal co

Welcome to The SRO Handbook I spent 14 years walking the halls of Willoughby South High School — not as a student, but as the School Resource Officer responsible for keeping that community safe. Today, I help coordinate SRO programs across 13 schools and six police departments. This blog is where I share what I’ve learned along the way — the real-world side of school safety that doesn’t always make it into training manuals or policy binders. If you work in school safety, law