Patrolling and Surveillance. SROs shall treat their school as if it were a normally-assigned patrol zone. As such, SROs shall alternate between patrolling the school grounds and static surveillance. Investigations and Arrests. Criminal investigations and arrests by an SRO will be conducted in accordance with all applicable legal requirements, including all applicable laws, regulations, and policies governing the use of force, interrogations, searches, and arrests. SROs shall promptly notify appropriate school authorities whenever an SRO asks a student questions of an investigative nature or takes any direct law enforcement action against a student; however, notification may be withheld until deemed appropriate by the SRO if such notification would endanger a student or any other person or compromise an ongoing criminal investigation. The appropriate school authorities shall promptly notify the parent(s) or guardian of any student suspected of criminal wrongdoing, whenever an SRO asks a student questions of an investigative nature or takes any direct action against any student suspected of criminal wrongdoing. The SRO and school administrators shall collaborate and determine how such notice should be given in each individual circumstance. SROs shall comply with Xxxxxxx and juvenile Miranda rules whenever applicable in the course of questioning individuals suspected of criminal wrongdoing. If an SRO questions, searches, or arrests a student at school, all reasonable efforts will be made to remove the student from other students and bystanders and to not bring undue attention to the student.
Patrolling and Surveillance. SRO shall treat the school as if it were a normally- assigned patrol zone. As such, SRO shall alternate between patrolling the school grounds and static surveillance.
