School Resource Officers Aim To Protect, Educate & Counsel Students

Quaker Valley High School- Pittsburgh, PA

Aaron Vanatta is a school resource officer at Quaker Valley High School and ALICE adjunct trainer was recently interviewed! He said a school resource officer and security guard are not one in the same.As school resource officers, school police officers, we don’t get involved in discipline. We try to just do the outreach, the counseling and enforce the laws,” Vanatta said.As students are learning, so are the police officers assigned to their schools – learning how to better protect, serve and be a valuable resource. Read more