By 1991, enough school resource officers were in the field that a specialized police association was founded, the National Association of School Resource Officers.
So they called for a school resource officer, as the in-house law enforcement is known.
Even descriptions for the best possible school resource officers raise constitutional concerns, advocates said.
All school resource officers (SRO) need to have Therapeutic Aggression Control Techniques training.
They come into school reeking of pot," school resource officers say.
In just the last 12 months, school resource officers have been involved in several high-profile use-of-force incidents.
Told a girl was lying in the hallway, a school resource officer summoned the police and fire rescue personnel.
Since 1998, the government has distributed $760 million in grants for 5,900 school resource officers around the country.
Swearing is just one of the issues Mr. Pearl deals with each day as the school resource officer.
And one of the president's executive orders reads: "provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers".
Another choice would be the school resource officer, typically a school-based police officer trained to address juvenile offenses.
