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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1554 

Recognizing the services provided by school resource officers and their dedication to the safety, security, and well-being of students, teachers, school 

support staff, and school communities in the United States. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 22, 2010 

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York (for herself and Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of 

Florida) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee 

on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the services provided by school resource officers 

and their dedication to the safety, security, and wellbeing of students, teachers, school support staff, and 

school communities in the United States. 

Whereas according to Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) 

Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) Survey-Community Policing Survey, 

(2000), there were 6,646 full-time school resource officers in the United States; 

Whereas many school systems employ staff such as campus 

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cers, campus supervisors, campus monitors, and certified 

peace officers; 

Whereas school resource officers make schools in the United 

States safer through their roles as law-related educators, 

counselors, and local law enforcement officers; 

Whereas many school resource officers, on their own time, 

support school children beyond their official duties by 

serving as coaches, activity supervisors, mentors, and 

leaders of other student support programs; 

Whereas school resource officers play an important role in 

educating students about school rules, State laws, and 

student safety in order to prevent disciplinary and criminal incidents in schools; 

Whereas school resource officers have intervened and prevented numerous school shootings, bombings, and other 

high-profile school violence plots; 

Whereas school resource officers, working with school administrators, have improved the reporting of criminal activities committed on school campuses; 

Whereas school resource officers are a primary resource to 

educators and school administrators in the development 

and execution of school emergency preparedness plans; 

Whereas school resource officers are resources to students, 

educators, and parents for preventing and responding to 

student bullying, Internet predators, gang violence, cyberbullying, and issues with tobacco, alcohol, and drugs; and 

Whereas school resource officers are viewed favorably by 

school administrators, teachers, school support staff, students, and parents for their dedication to meeting the 

needs and interests of youth in the United States: Now, 

therefore, be it 


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1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) encourages greater awareness of school re3 source officers for their continued dedication to their 

4 professional skills and personal commitment to law 

5 enforcement, which widely improves the overall cli6 mate and safety within United States schools; 

7 (2) recognizes the role that school resource offi8 cers play in building an effective and positive rela9 tionship between local law enforcement and youth to 

10 help in the reduction and prevention of school-re11 lated violence and crime; and 

12 (3) encourages local school districts to fully in13 tegrate school resource officers in the professional 

14 development of school staff to improve student safe15 ty, discipline, and emergency preparedness, and pre16 vent instances of bullying and cyber-bullying. 

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