SLEPS School Resource Officer (SRO) Survey

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2016 Survey of Law Enforcement Personnel in Schools
(SLEPS)
School Resource Officer (SRO) Survey

INSTRUCTIONS
• This survey should be completed by the selected sworn law enforcement officer with
general arrest powers who is primarily assigned to any public K-12 schools. For the
purposes of this survey, we will refer to the officer as an SRO.
• The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (42 USC
3732), authorizes this information collection. Although this survey is voluntary, we
need your participation to make the results comprehensive, accurate, and timely. We
greatly appreciate your assistance.

Burden Statement
Federal agencies may not conduct or sponsor an information collection, and a person is
not required to respond to a collection of information, unless it displays a current valid
OMB Control Number. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is
estimated to average 30 minutes per response, including time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this
burden estimate, or any other aspects of this collection of information, including
suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810
Seventh Street NW, Washington, DC 20531.

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SRO CHARACTERISTICS

1.

Approximately how many years have you served as a sworn law enforcement officer?
Please mark only one
F
F
F
F
F

2.

Approximately how many years have you worked as an SRO in your career? Please count
the total number of years you’ve worked as an SRO even if you held other positions at
times. Please mark only one
F
F
F
F
F

3.

Less than 1 year
1–2 years
3–5 years
6–10 years
More than 10 years

Approximately how many years have you worked as an SRO at your current
assignment? Please mark only one
F
F
F
F
F

4.

Less than 1 year
1–2 years
3–5 years
6–10 years
More than 10 years

Less than 1 year
1–2 years
3–5 years
6–10 years
More than 10 years

Do you currently hold a National SRO Practitioner Certificate from the National
Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO)?
F Yes
F No

5.

Are you currently assigned as an SRO? Please mark only one
F During part of the school year
F During the full traditional school year
F Year-round

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6.

How many schools are you currently assigned to as an SRO? Please mark only one
F
F
F
F
F

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One
Two
Three
Four
Five or more

What type of school are you currently assigned to?
If you are assigned to more than one school, please answer based on the school you work in
most of the time. If your time is split evenly between 2 or more schools, please answer
based on the school you worked in most recently.
F
F
F
F
F

7a.

Elementary school
Middle/junior high school
High school
Other. Please specify: ________________________________________________
Don’t know

Is this school a…

Yes

No

a. Charter schools ..................................................
b. Alternative schools .............................................

7b.

On average, how many hours per week do you work at this school? _______

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Don’t know

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SRO TRAINING

8.

Please indicate if you have received any training on the following law enforcement
activities/topics, and if so, if you receive training on an annual basis.

Law Enforcement Activity
a. Conducting law enforcement activities in
schools ............................................................

Have you received
any training on
this topic?

Do you receive
training on this
topic annually?

b. Responding to calls for service on the school
campus ............................................................
c. Responding to incidents in the classroom..........
d. Juvenile gangs .................................................
e. Social media/technology-related investigations .
f. Use of deadly force..........................................
g. Use of less lethal force .....................................
h. De-escalation strategies and techniques ............

9.

Please indicate if you have received any training on the following prevention and planning
activities, and if so, if you receive training on an annual basis.

Topic
a. Crisis preparedness planning ............................
b. Security audits/assessments of school
campuses.........................................................
c. Truancy intervention and dropout prevention....
d. Bullying deterrence..........................................
e. Substance abuse recognition
f. Teaching students about drugs, legal issues,
safety, crime awareness, or conflict
resolution ........................................................
g. Special safety programs/ presentations..............

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Have you received
any training on
this topic?

Do you receive
training on this
topic annually?

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Please indicate if you have received any training on the following social and behavioral
topics, and if so, if you receive training on an annual basis.

Topic
a. Conducting mentoring activities, including
advising staff, students, and/or families ............

Have you received
any training on
this topic?

Do you receive
training on this
topic annually?

b. Positive school discipline .................................
c. Student mental health.......................................
d. Cultural sensitivity and/or cultural
competency .....................................................
e. Child/adolescent psychology/development........
f. Students with disabilities..................................
g. Restorative justice (emphasis on school
community, conflict resolution by repairing
harm) ..............................................................

SRO ACTIVITIES

11.

Which of the following law enforcement activities did you perform on or around school
grounds in the past month? Please mark all that apply
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F

Patrolled school facilities
Issued citations
Responded to calls for service at the school
Responded to incidents in the classroom
Emergency management/Crisis preparedness planning
Security audits/ assessments of school campuses
Confiscated weapons
Confiscated drugs
Conducted searches
Made arrests
None

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Which of the following mentoring activities did you perform on or around school grounds
in the past month?
Please mark all that apply
F
F
F
F
F
F

13.

Truancy intervention
Supervised/ coordinated non-athletic extracurricular activities
Field trip chaperone
Coached athletic programs
Advised school staff, students, or families (one-on-one, in a group, etc.)
None

Which of the following teaching activities did you perform on or around school grounds in
the past month?
Please mark all that apply
F Taught students about drugs, legal issues, safety, crime awareness, or conflict
resolution in a classroom setting
F Special school-wide safety programs/presentations
F Faculty/staff in-service presentations
F Parent organization presentations
F None

14.

Approximately what percentage of your duty time was spent on the following in-school
activities over the past month?
If you do not perform an activity, enter “0”. The total of all activities should be 100%.
Percentage
(out of 100)

Activity
a. Conducting law enforcement activities

_______

b. Conducting mentoring activities with students/staff/families

_______

c. Conducting teaching activities

_______

d. Administrative functions/paperwork related to the above activities

_______

e. Other. Please specify:______________________________________

_______

Total

100%

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Please check the appropriate boxes to indicate whether you have arrested any student(s) for
the following offenses in the last 12 months.

Offense
a. Drug possession ....................................................................

Performed an arrest in
the last 12 months?
Yes
No

b. Drug distribution...................................................................
c. Weapon possession ...............................................................
d. Weapon use ..........................................................................
e. Theft.....................................................................................
f. Threats against students .........................................................
g. Threats against students .........................................................
h. Threats against school facility................................................
i.

Fighting with students ...........................................................

j.

Assault on school staff/faculty/security/SROs ........................

k. Disorderly conduct ................................................................
l.

Failure to obey a police officer...............................................

m. Other. Please specify:_______________________________

16.

In situations where you arrest a student, what role does the school administration play in
your arrest decisions? Please mark only one
F No impact, as arrest determination made solely by myself or other sworn personnel
F Memorandum of understanding or other agreement specifies situations where the
school can have influence over my arrest decisions
F School administration reviews all arrest-eligible incidents and can provide input
regarding my arrest decision
F SROs do not have arrest powers in my assigned school
F Other. Please specify: ________________________________________________

17.

Do you speak another language, aside from English?
F Yes—Please specify:_________________________________________________
F No

17a. [IF QUESTION 17 = YES] Is this other language useful when interacting with students in
the school you are assigned?
F Yes
F No
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PRIMARILY ASSIGNED SCHOOL CHARACTERISTICS
If you are an SRO assigned to more than one school, please answer the following questions
based on the school where you spend the majority of your time during your typical shift.
If your time is split evenly between 2 or more schools, please answer based on the school you
worked in most recently.
18.

A gang is an ongoing loosely organized association of three or more persons, whether
formal or informal, that has a common name, signs, symbols, or colors, whose members
engage, either individually or collectively, in violent or other forms of illegal behavior.
Are there known gangs at your primarily assigned school?
F Yes
F No
F Don’t know

19.

Excluding yourself, how many SROs share your shift at your primarily assigned school?
__________

20.

Other than SROs, what security measures are in place at your primarily assigned school?
Please mark all that apply
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F

Student dress code/uniform
Closed campus (students not allowed leave during school hours without permission)
Controlled access to school grounds (e.g. locked or monitored gates)
Controlled access to school buildings during school hours (e.g. locked or monitored
doors)
Random sweeps for contraband (e.g. drugs, weapons), including dog sniffs
School-issued student IDs
Metal detectors
Security camera(s) to monitor school buildings and/or grounds
Structured anonymous threat reporting system (e.g. online submission, text messaging,
telephone hotline)
School security guards, nonsworn
Other means of restricting access—Please specify:___________________________
Other measures not listed—Please specify: ________________________________

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Restorative practices build a sense of school community and resolve conflict by repairing
harm and restoring positive relationships. Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
(PBIS) is a school-wide intervention that teaches school staff to recognize, monitor, and
reward appropriate student behaviors and to provide consistent sanctions for rule
violations.
Are you involved in the process of engaging students in restorative practices and/or PBIS at
your primarily assigned school?
F Yes
F No
F Don’t know/not familiar with these practices

22.

We would like to obtain information about the school you primarily work in by linking to
data that has been collected about that school in other surveys. In order to access
information about the school we will need to know the name of the school. We will only
use the name of the school to access information collected from other surveys about the
characteristics of that particular school and will not release your data to any agency or
individual who is not directly involved with our research. The Bureau of Justice Statistics
(BJS) will use this information for research purposes only.
School Name ___________________________________________________________
City_________________________________ State_____________________________

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