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www.ci.mounds-view.mn.us 9 School Resource Officer (SRO) The department has an officer assigned to Edgewood Middle School during the entire school year. Officer Ben Knitter is the assigned officer who provides a multitude of duties which includes security, enforcement, counseling and overall assistance in maintaining successful school operations. For the year 2010, the SRO made the following incident reports: 2 follow-up investigations for patrol, 1 assist to other agency, 14 disorderly conducts, 2 domestic assaults, 3 assaults, 5 thefts, 1 suspicious person, 1 possession of tobacco, 1 suicidal person, 1 illegal fireworks, 1 assist ambulance, 2 terroristic threats, 1 child abuse, and 1 hit and run car accident. From those cases, the SRO referred 10 juveniles to the Northwest Youth and Family Services Diversion Program, petitioned 9 juveniles to the courts, and cited 1 juvenile. The SRO has performed a number of functions at the school throughout the year which include assisting with emergency drills, providing security at dances and school sponsored events, and serving on several Edgewood committees such as the SAIL (special education) Team, the Building Operations Committee, and the Anti-bullying/Positive Student Behavior Committee. The SRO regularly deescalated emotionally upset and out-of-control students and counseled parents, teachers, and students on a great number of law enforcement and non-law enforcement related topics. During the 2010 year, the SRO attended the MN School Safety Conference and a 32 hour Crisis Intervention Team Course. The SRO worked towards developing positive relationships with staff and students, especially at-risk students. Training Report All officers must maintain their state issued POST (Peace Officer Standards & Training Board) license by attending a required number of continuing education hours on an annual basis. Many courses the officers will attend are mandated each year, such as the use of force training and the emergency vehicle operations training, which is required every four years. It is essential that police officers continually stay current with new technologies, procedures, techniques and of course laws, which do change each year. The classes listed can only increase the abilities, knowledge and level of professionalism that our officers provide to our citizens. The following is a list of courses attended by Mounds View Police Staff during 2010: