The national association of school resource officers (nasro) will use FY24 CPD invitational funding to provide training opportunities for 80 cops CPD funded school resource officers (sros) to attend…

The National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) was awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement under the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710). The funding will be used to provide training opportunities for 80 COPS Office-funded School Resource Officers (SROs) to attend NASRO's Basic School Resource Officer Course. The training aims to promote safer school learning environments by addressing the unique challenges faced by SROs in their daily responsibilities. In addition to the course registration fees, the grant will reimburse the SROs' travel, lodging, and per diem expenses up to $1,000 per officer to reduce obstacles to effective training and relieve local agencies of the travel cost burden. This specialized training is designed to fill a gap in knowledge in the SRO field by providing comprehensive, hands-on instruction from experienced SROs.

The national association of school resource officers (nasro) will use FY24 CPD invitational funding to provide training opportunities for 80 cops CPD funded school resource officers (sros) to attend courses specially designed for school-based law enforcement officers in order to promote safer school learning environments. Officers will also be reimbursed for travel expenses to reduce obstacles to effective training and relieve local agencies of the travel cost burden. Nasros specialized training fills a GAP in knowledge in the SRO field by providing comprehensive, specialized training directly related to the day-to-day issues and concerns faced by school resource officers. This training is provided by experienced sros who can answer fundamental questions related to the actual difficulties faced by sros in their roles. Since the training occurs in small group settings, in addition to the information contained in the training course, officers have direct access to instructors who can address their specific concerns as well as creating a network of like-minded colleagues with whom to share information and seek guidance. Nasro staff will work in partnership with the cops office to provide training opportunities for 80 of the cops office funded SRO underthe chpgrantees who voluntarily register to attend the basic school resource officer course during their award. Each officer position within each grantee agency will be allotted up to $550 to use to register for the nasro basic school resource officer course. In addition, the grantee agency will then be reimbursed for appropriately supported expenses including travel, lodging and per diem up to a limit of $1,000 per completed course.