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School Resource Officer (SRO)
Job Duties
Goal: Have a visible and active resource role within the school community to better address the underlying community and socio-economic conditions that affect chronic absenteeism, truancy, school climate and safety.
Performance Responsibilities/Essential Functions
1. Provide school resource officer services to the school, school grounds and areas adjacent to the school during the normal school day and at co-c urricular, extracurricular and non- academic events as needed. Investigate allegations of criminal incidents pursuant to Bakersfield Police Department policies and procedur es. Enforce state and local laws and ordinances. Make appropriate referrals to juvenile authorities or other governmental agencies.
2. The SRO will work together with District staff t o improve student attendance and address chronic absenteeism and truancy by building relatio nships with school staff, students, their families, and the community surrounding the school. In an effort to prevent juvenile delinquency through close contact and positive rela tionships with students, families, faculty and staff, SRO will conduct truancy related home visits for students and families, as identified by the District, who reside within the Target Area, and report interactions and outcomes of home visits to identified District staff. Work with District staff using positive behavior supports and interventions targeted to increase attendance and school success.
3. Participate in School Attendance Review Board (S ARB) hearings as requested by the District.
Issue citations for truancy and chronic absenteeism within the authority afforded under the law.
4. Be personable, approachable and available in ord er to mentor and build positive relationships with students and families. Mentor students to help them make appropriate choices and to understand and appreciate the opportunities that ar e available to them. Act as a role model for students and assist them in solving problems, resolving conflicts. Promote the profession of law enforcement officer and be a positive role model. Increase the visibility and accessibility of law enforcement to the school community. Provide weekly mentoring check-ins with up to ten (10) students per officer.
5. Work with school student support staff to assist students and to provide services to students involved in situations where referrals to service a gencies are necessary. Assist in efforts related to crisis response, threat assessment, conf lict resolution, parent involvement and engagement, and truancy.
6. Attend District trainings in order to obtain a f undamental understanding of the District’s Code of Conduct, requirements as to school removals and related student discipline procedures, including due process requirements and positive beh avior supports and interventions.
Demonstrate and apply a general understanding of the characteristics of the different stages of adolescence, as well as the various methods in c ommunicating effectively with students whose disabilities are not patently obvious but sig nificantly impair those students’ ability to understand verbal and non-verbal communication, particularly in stressful situations.
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7. Establish and maintain a close partnership with school administrators, faculty and staff in order to provide for a safe school environment, including school removals, their impact, student discipline parameters and procedures, community issues such as understanding gang related activities and promoting drug and alcohol awareness. Assist school officials with their efforts to enforce Board policies and procedures. Ensure sc hool administrator safety by being present during school searches, which may involve w eapons, controlled dangerous substances or in such cases that, the student's emo tional state may present a risk to the administrator. Upon request, assist school administ rators in emergency crisis planning and building security matters. Upon request, provide a course of training for school personnel in handling crisis situations, which may arise at the school.
8. Perform duties as determined by the Superintendent or designee (other than those regularly assigned) to support the District in maintaining sa fe school environment, including assisting in individual school emergencies such as accidents or injury, choking or anaphylactic shock.