School-based Law Enforcement

School-based law enforcement refers to the collaboration between law enforcement officers assigned to schools or groups of schools in order to maintain a safe and supportive learning environment. These officers play a crucial role in preventing and addressing safety concerns, fostering positive relationships with students and staff, and ensuring a secure atmosphere that is conducive to education.

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Podcasts

Crisis Timeline and Law Enforcement

In this episode, we explore how law enforcement collaborates with schools to create safer environments through prevention, crisis management, and community partnerships.

Videos

School Resource Officer Video Series

This video series helps SROs consider the way students think, how to connect with them, how to break down barriers to communication, and how to become a successful presence in their school.

Self-Paced Trainings

School and Law Enforcement Partnerships

This self-paced training is designed to help schools and law enforcement agencies discuss what form they want their partnerships to take and to consider important issues related to these partnerships.

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Videos

From the Field: Building Capacity and Collaboration for Safer Schools

About This Video How are school safety professionals across the country turning ...

May 27, 2026

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Self-Paced Trainings

Building Bridges: Strengthening School-Prosecutor Partnerships

Effective partnerships between prosecutors and school personnel are critical for addressing complex ...

April 8, 2026

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Workshops

Building Bridges: Strengthening School-Prosecutor Partnerships

This workshop was originally conducted live on November 19, 2025. A self-paced, ...

November 19, 2025

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Videos

How Student Perceptions of Police Influence Crime Reporting

References: Burden, M., Melde, C., McGarrell, E. F., Heinze, J. E., Franzen, ...

November 29, 2023

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Self-Paced Trainings

School and Law Enforcement Partnerships

This self-paced training is designed to help schools and law enforcement agencies ...

February 1, 2023

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Videos

Systematic Review: Perceptions of School Resource Officers

Citation The content featured in this video is based on the following ...

October 18, 2022

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Learning Communities

School and Law Enforcement Partnerships Learning Community

This learning community has been adapted into a self-paced training. Participants in ...

April 28, 2022

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Videos

School Resource Officer Video Series

School Resource Officers (SROs) are present in many communities across the country. ...

April 21, 2022

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Videos

The Next Five Things an SRO Should Do

Transcript Narrator: In an earlier video, we talked about the first five ...

April 19, 2022

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Reports, Publications

School Policing Programs: Where We Have Been and Where We Need To Go Next

Abstract In 2019, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) was directed to ...

April 15, 2022