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5 School Resource Officer (SRO) The SRO performs various duties on a daily basis at Edgewood Middle School which include the following: • assisting with traffic flow in front of the school, • ensuring the school is secured each morning, • providing a police presence in the hallways during passing times and in the cafeteria during lunch times, • investigating crimes that occur on school property, • assisting with lock down, fire, and severe weather drills, • serving as a member of the school crisis team, • assisting at Pinewood Elementary as needed, • being a liaison between the school and the police department, • forming positive relationships with students, From January to March, the SRO made the following incident reports: • 4 Disorderly Conduct/Disturbance Reports • 3 Theft Reports • 1 Follow-up Report • 1 Weapon Report (air soft BB gun) From those cases, 3 students were petitioned and 6 were sent to the Northeast Youth and Family Services Diversion Program. Some of the day to day issues that the SRO assisted the school with during the first quarter included: • transporting students to the out of school suspension program, • using the school surveillance cameras to assist the deans with investigating incidents of theft and harassment • counseling students about the law • deescalating out-of-control students • locating students who are truant • assisting the school with maintenance of their radios Highlights from 1st Quarter • The SRO gave a presentation on internet safety and cyber bullying to Pinewood Elementary parents and another presentation to 5th graders at Pinewood Elementary. • The SRO provided police presence at 2 school dance/unity events, 2 parent communication nights, and 2 basketball tournaments. • The 5th graders from Pinewood and Sunnyside Elementary came to Edgewood Middle School for a visit and the SRO served as a tour guide for a group of students. • The school district began encouraging students to bring their electronic devices to school this year. As expected, there has been an increase in thefts and missing phones. The SRO thoroughly investigates all of these cases. In one case, he used the stolen phone’s GPS signal to track it to a moving school bus. The SRO pulled over the bus, and narrowed the location of the phone down to two students. When he asked one to stand up, he observed a phone-shaped object concealed in the front of the