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School resource officers report safety training changes, traffic and door fixes; Holgate SRO to new mental‑health role
Summary
SROs updated the Aberdeen School District board on expanded staff training for ALICE lockdown drills, a new flashing stop-sign installation at 13th and South Third Street, praise for rapid door repairs, and personnel changes including Officer Wolf moving to a mental-health resource officer role and a new roving SRO.
School resource officers told the Aberdeen School District board May 12 that the district will expand hands-on staff training for ALICE lockdown and evacuation scenarios and that several site-level safety improvements have reduced traffic complaints near elementary routes.
Officer Kernan said the district and Aberdeen Police Department have assigned officers to schools for 25 years and described efforts to build routine, trust-based relationships with students and staff. Kernan said staff requested more hands-on training after a post-drill Google survey; the police department…
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