By Vivian Fore Marketing Coordinator, Raptor Technologies S Safety is the number one consideration in any discussion about emergency management. Yet that discussion is informed by several factors from the immediate community to the larger social and political landscape. chool resource officers (SROs) play a vital role in developing and implementing critical emergency management practices in their schools. This can be challenging, as there are always new considerations around safety, changes to statutes and regula-tions as well as cultural shifts to account to take into consideration. All of this can vary drastically not only from state-to-state or county-to-county, but some-times even between buildings in the same district. This article shares proven strategies and best practices to position SROs—in collaboration with your school safety team and school administrators—to de-sign an approach for your school that in-cludes: preparing for emergencies, 10 SCHOOL SAFETY Summer l 2021
The Journal of School Safety Summer 2021: Page 10
