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 **NASRO HostsNational School Safety Leaders’ Summit** February 2019 | Volume 12 | Issue 1
  “The role of [school resource officers] cannot be overstated.  . . . The impact has a lasting impression on children. NASRO can move the ball  down the field in making SROs the best they can be.”  — Phil Keith, Director, Office of  Community Oriented Policing Services, December 3, 2018. Director Keith opened the NASRO National School Safety  Leaders’ Summit in December with praise for the importance of SROs and NASRO as  a leader in school safety. The NASRO summit represented a partnership of  police, schools, and community groups engaged in discussions on a wide variety  of topics related to school safety, including emergency response; legislative  reform and state legislative engagement; bystander reporting; and communication  methods. Keynote speakers included the following: Michele Gay, Executive Director at Safe and  Sound Schools and the mother of Josephine Grace, a victim of the 2012  Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut
          Steven Driscoll, U.S. Secret Service Lead Social  Research Specialist for the National Threat  Assessment Center
          Susan Payne, Founder of Safe2Tell,  a safe, anonymous reporting system to help someone who is struggling or hurting
          Dr. Bernie James, Professor of Law at Pepperdine  University and expert on School Safety and Legislative Reform NASRO (National Association of School Resource Officers) is an advocate and training  organization focused on school-based policing and school safety, with training  courses and conferences across the United States. NASRO is also a grant partner  with the COPS Office and provides training for all COPS Hiring Program–funded  SRO positions. The NASRO summit provided a unique opportunity for school  and law enforcement leadership to meet and discuss collaborative programs, as  well as best practices, in schools across the country. Dr. Peter Langman of schoolshooters.info spoke about averted incidents of school violence and information to help  identify and prevent incidents, a theme repeated throughout the summit. Ideally,  school staff, law enforcement, and students identify at-risk youth and  intervene before an incident. NASRO is working with SROs and leaders in the  field to promote that outcome. Resources: Supporting Safe Schools Readiness  and Emergency Management for Schools National Threat  Assessment Center 
 
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