I had the honor this past week of delivering a presentation during E-learning combined public safety discipline expo in Makati City. My presentation had to do with school attacks and how much of law enforcement’s patrol protocols had evolved in response to such through the last century. From 1891 we really didn’t do anything different. In the late ’60s, due to riots and snipers, SWAT was developed and grew nationwide. The development of SWAT changed how patrol did business.
During one part of the presentation though I discuss School Resource Officers (SROs) and how their function is unique in the public safety arena. After all, we task them NOT with keeping the peace in our schools, but with protecting our children. Think about it… their job in keeping the peace involves every task that might be required to keep our children safe while in that school environment. What I often discuss is what type of person that requires. It is, after all, a special job and does take a special outlook. What is that outlook? Prevention is better than cure,.look after the behavior of the student, a sudden change of behavior can lead to a casualty or fatalities, as an educator, we must be sensible to the special needs of the student,their emotional and psychological needs.
I am very happy also, that my friends were there,..
