40 Hr. School Resource Officer Certification-Sauk Valley Community College

This course is a 40-hour ILETSB certified School Resource Officer course.  The course is intended for a law enforcement officer who has been primary assigned to a school or school district under an agreement with a local law enforcement agency.

Topics discussed will include:

                Day One: Juvenile Considerations / Adolescent Development & the Teen / Due Process/ Interrogating Juvenile Suspects / Interviewing Juvenile Witnesses

                Day Two:  Intro to Juvenile Law & Juvenile Court Act / Detention of Juveniles / Rights of Parents / School Law / Roles of SRO / Developing Relationships with diverse students

                Day Three:  School Structure and Hierarchy / School Safety & Design / Student Communication / Understanding special youth considerations disabilities

                Day Four:  Special Needs / Overview of Criminal Activity in Schools / Law Enforcement Action in schools/Intro to School Threat Response and Case Study Review / Role of SRO in Active Threat / Recognizing Active Threat

                Day Five:  SWAT, Tactical, School Safety & SWAT Officers / Tactical Maneuvering on school grounds: solo/group responses, clear classrooms, response to threat / Post Event Considerations / Threat Response Scenario trainings

Successful completion and attendance of the course, including passing the exam, is required to be State Certified.

This classroom 2L06 is located inside and to the back of the Sauk Valley Cafeteria.  The cafeteria is located towards the East end of the college and Officers should park in the East parking lot and enter through the front facing Dillon Lobby doors.  The cafeteria is just above this lobby on the second floor.