IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1554 
Recognizing the services provided by school resource officers and their dedica-
tion 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 well- 
being 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 Sta-
tistics (LEMAS) Survey-Community Policing Survey, 
(2000), there were 6,646 full-time school resource offi-
cers in the United States; 
Whereas many school systems employ staff such as campus 
police, security monitors, security guards, security offi-
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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 crimi-
nal incidents in schools; 
Whereas school resource officers have intervened and pre-
vented numerous school shootings, bombings, and other 
high-profile school violence plots; 
Whereas school resource officers, working with school admin-
istrators, have improved the reporting of criminal activi-
ties 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, cyber- 
bullying, and issues with tobacco, alcohol, and drugs; and 
Whereas school resource officers are viewed favorably by 
school administrators, teachers, school support staff, stu-
dents, 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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Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) encourages greater awareness of school re-
source officers for their continued dedication to their 
professional skills and personal commitment to law 
enforcement, which widely improves the overall cli-
mate and safety within United States schools; 
(2) recognizes the role that school resource offi-
cers play in building an effective and positive rela-
tionship between local law enforcement and youth to 
help in the reduction and prevention of school-re-
lated violence and crime; and 
(3) encourages local school districts to fully in-
tegrate school resource officers in the professional 
development of school staff to improve student safe-
ty, discipline, and emergency preparedness, and pre-
vent instances of bullying and cyber-bullying. 
Æ 
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