School Resource Officers play one of the most complex and important roles in public safety. On any given day, they may be called on to resolve conflicts, mentor students, respond to emergencies and act as a trusted bridge between law enforcement and the school community. But doing this effectively requires more than training and presence; it requires context that most SROs simply don’t have access to.

SROs need to know what’s happening across their assigned schools, how today’s events connect to longer-term patterns and whether incidents at one school might spill over to another. That information exists in 9-1-1 logs, incident reports and behavioral records, but it’s scattered across systems that don’t talk to each other. In school environments, where officers are responsible not just for response but for prevention and relationship-building, those gaps matter.

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