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School resource officers describe mentoring, threat response and reporting obligations to Beech Grove board
Summary
Lieutenant Riggs and other school resource officers told the Beech Grove City Schools board Dec. 10 that their work emphasizes mentoring, relationship-building and investigation of threats; officers described coordination with Child Protective Services and local prosecutors.
Lieutenant Riggs, a school resource officer, told the Beech Grove City Schools Board on Dec. 10 that the district's SRO program focuses mainly on mentoring and relationship-building while also handling investigations and threat response.
The officers outlined the program's history, day-to-day duties and reporting obligations, and described recent threat investigations that involved arrests and countywide coordination.
Lieutenant Riggs said the program has local roots and continuity: "Our program has been going on since it was in 2012," and he noted he personally has been assigned to the schools since 2020. He introduced other officers, including Officer Parker,…
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