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!Youth Resource Officer <br />• <br />• <br />Officer Melinda Brown <br />Officer Melinda Brown is currently assigned as the <br />Youth Resource Officer (YRO) at Centennial Middle <br />School. She has held this position since the 1998 -1999 <br />school year. This position is a full -time position during <br />the school year with flexibility to attend both daytime <br />and after school activities. The program continues to <br />be instrumental in improving understanding and <br />promoting mutual respect between police, school staff, <br />counselors, parents and students. <br />Officer Mike Monson developed cirriculum and programs for Blue Heron, <br />Lino Lakes and Rice Lake Elementary schools. The Lino Lakes Police <br />Department had received a grant in prior years from the federal government <br />to place an officer in Rice Lake Elementary school. The successful <br />partnership with Rice Lake Elementary encouraged the department to <br />expand our involvement with the other schools in the city. He provides <br />lessons on safety, respect, and bullying just to name a few. He is also <br />visible in the hallways and interacts with the children at lunch and recess. <br />Being involved with students provides him the opportunity to show them <br />that a police officer is a person that they can trust and not someone that <br />they should be afraid to approach. Officer Monson has been placed in <br />charge of the school patrol and deals with traffic safety issues on and <br />around the school grounds. <br />Officer Mike Monson <br />Lino Lakes Police Department 2006 Annual Report 23 <br />