School Resource Officers

Overview

Radford City Police provides safe and secure learning environments by providing School Resource Officers (SRO) for the school system. Master Police Officer (MPO) Beasley, is the SRO for Radford High School  and Dalton Intermediate School. (MPO) Mills and (MPO) Armentrout are the SROs for McHarg and Belle Heth Elementary. 
School Resource Officer Police Car
All are trained as General Instructors and maintain other specialized certifications required for law enforcement officers. As SROs, they are an invaluable resource to the children, administration, faculty and parents.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the SROs are to monitor interior halls and exteriors of school grounds and properties. This is accomplished by walking the halls and grounds of the facilities and monitoring camera systems that are in place for safety and security purposes. all SROs continually interact with children and staff alike throughout the school day. They assist the school administration in solving problems that arise in the areas of truancy, behavioral issues and are available as an alternative confidante when a child just needs someone to talk to.

Functions

Primary functions for the SROs are to instruct blocks of education awareness called Virginia Rules formerly Class Action Programs. This is a pro-active program which instructs children in the areas of law enforcement and individual responsibility. The student learns about various laws that are of particular interest to their age group and are instructed in what their individual responsibilities are and the consequences involved for them and their parents if they are found in a situation where they have broken a law.