The purpose of this paper is to leverage the perspectives of School Resource Officers (SROs) to develop improvement strategies aimed toward effective and efficient school-based policing. This study offers recommendations to improve SRO programs, with the goal of streamlining the path toward safer schools.,The present study was guided by two overarching research questions that aim to leverage the perspectives of SROs. The first question aimed to identify SROs’ perceived barriers to successful school-based policing, while the second question explores their perspectives in hopes of developing solutions for improved school safety. This study used secondary qualitative data to explore the perspectives of SROs (n=456) via an opened-ended section of a statewide survey of SROs conducted by the North Carolina Center for Safer Schools. Conventional content analysis was the approach used to explore the data.,SROs identified the need for improved quality of and access to training, additional resources allocations and improved program implementation on the part of both policing agencies and school districts.,The authors recommend standardizing the manner in which SRO programs are implemented. In addition, partnerships should be developed between school districts and policing agencies to use school-based behavioral specialists to support SRO programs. Finally, the authors recommend further study of school-based policing as a concept in the academic community.,Little is known about the experiences and needs of SROs themselves. The present studies address this gap in the literature, leveraging their perspectives to streamline a path toward safer schools.

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了解基于学校的警务：关于改进学校资源官员计划和促进更安全学校的建议

本文的目的是利用学校资源官员（SRO）的观点来制定旨在有效和高效的基于学校的警务的改进策略。这项研究为改善SRO计划提供了建议，目的是简化通往更安全学校的道路。本研究以两个首要的研究问题为指导，这些问题旨在利用SRO的观点。第一个问题旨在确定SRO在成功实施基于学校的警务方面的障碍，而第二个问题则探讨了他们的观点，以期希望开发出解决方案来改善学校安全。这项研究使用次要定性数据，通过北卡罗莱纳州更安全学校中心对全州SRO进行的不限成员名额调查，探索了SRO（n = 456）的观点。传统的内容分析是用来探索数据的方法。SRO确定了维持治安机构和学区方面的培训质量和培训机会，额外资源分配和改进计划实施的需求。 SRO程序的实施方式。此外，应该在学区和警务机构之间建立伙伴关系，以利用校内行为专家来支持SRO计划。最后，作者建议在学术界进一步研究以学校为基础的警务概念。对SRO本身的经验和需求知之甚少。本研究利用其观点来简化通往安全学校的道路，从而解决了文献中的这一空白。