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School resource officer reports 60 school-related calls, new interrogation training used in investigations
Summary
The district's school resource officer told the board there were about 60 school-related calls this quarter, described use of advanced interview training for serious incidents and said prosecutors will file charges in at least one case; the district is preparing a grant application for a second SRO.
The Emmett Independent District’s school resource officer reported roughly 60 school-related calls since taking the position in January and gave a quarterly update under an MOU with the police department.
The officer said calls ranged from minor incidents to potentially serious threats. He described attending a Reed Investigative and Advanced Interrogation Techniques training and said the methods were used in an interview after an alleged middle-school shooting threat; the officer said the interview produced information prosecutors deemed sufficient to file charges. He also described using the technique in a locker-room theft investigation that resulted in a student admitting to taking AirPods.
The officer reported a “few misdemeanor citations” and “about a dozen” citation-level incidents in the quarter; he said the bulk of calls originated at the middle school and high school. He noted regular community engagement and planned events — including Youth Appreciation Day on the 26th and a planned school-themed design for the SRO vehicle — and the department’s plan to apply for a grant that could fund a second SRO position.
Board members asked about bullying and how it is handled. The officer said bullying cases require repeated behavior documentation before citation-level enforcement; low-level incidents are handled initially by school staff, with citations issued when incidents persist and meet statutory criteria.
