4 principles of innovative school policing

In Round Rock ISD in Texas, we are paving the way for what district authorities hope is the blueprint for transformative school policing.

In pursuing this ingenious approach to school policing, the Round Rock ISD Police Department works carefully with Dewayne Street, the districts chief equity officer, and Dr. Amy Grosso, Ph.D., who is the districts director of behavioral health services.

The Round Rock Policing Model is constructed upon what we call The Four Pillars of School Policing:

Behavioral health

We created our department to utilize social workers to much better serve trainees with social, psychological, behavioral, and psychological health needs that may lead to them having a crisis. Our department is developed for social employees to handle these circumstances and to offer wrap-around services to the households, including ongoing support to the trainees.

The Behavioral Health Pillar refers to the Behavioral Health Services Department and the work of Dr. Amy Grosso. It is housed inside the police department and is staffed with 10 social employees. Numerous big community cops companies have social employees on personnel who assist officers with critical occurrences, from what we could discover, we are the only school police department in the country that has social workers inside the department.

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Jeffrey Yarbrough, Chief of Police, Round Rock ISD Police DepartmentJeffrey Yarbrough is the Chief of Police for the Round Rock ISD Police Department in Round Rock, Texas. He is a 26-year police veteran and holds a Bachelors degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Texas-Brownsville, a Masters degree in Educational Human Resource Development from Texas A&M University-College Station, and is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Learning and Organizational Change from Baylor University-Waco.

The Behavioral Health Pillar refers to the Behavioral Health Services Department and the work of Dr. Amy Grosso. It is housed inside the cops department and is staffed with 10 social employees. Many big municipal authorities firms have social workers on staff who assist officers with crucial events, from what we might discover, we are the only school police department in the nation that has social workers inside the department.

Behavioral health
Equity
Security and security
Trainee advocacy

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