The
purpose of the Winter Park Police Department School Resource
Officer Program (SRO) is to provide assistance for the students,
teachers and staff in any areas that relate to law enforcement,
by a visible, active police presence on campus. Unit personnel
are charged with educating students, parents and school staff
with regards to the law and law enforcement processes, assisting
individual students with alternative solutions to personal and
law related problems and providing drug abuse and gang avoidance
counseling to youth. Additional duties performed by the SROs
include protecting personnel and property on school campuses,
providing classroom instruction, investigating crimes which occur
on school grounds and to enforce laws.
The
School Resource Officer serves as liaison, between the Police
Department, the County Board of Education and the schools providing
an information link regarding problems, possible solutions and/or
ways to work more effectively together. The Police Department
currently has 4 school resource officers assigned to the various
schools within the city.
The
purpose of the Winter Park Police Department School Resource
Officer Program (SRO) is to provide assistance for the students,
teachers and staff in any areas that relate to law enforcement,
by a visible, active police presence on campus. Unit personnel
are charged with educating students, parents and school staff
with regards to the law and law enforcement processes, assisting
individual students with alternative solutions to personal and
law related problems and providing drug abuse and gang avoidance
counseling to youth. Additional duties performed by the SROs
include protecting personnel and property on school campuses,
providing classroom instruction, investigating crimes which occur
on school grounds and to enforce laws. 
The
School Resource Officer serves as liaison, between the Police
Department, the County Board of Education and the schools providing
an information link regarding problems, possible solutions and/or
ways to work more effectively together. The Police Department
currently has 4 school resource officers assigned to the various
schools within the city.
