Deming board hears SRO app rollout and ALICE active‑shooter training proposal
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The Deming Public Schools board heard presentations on a new SRO incident‑logging app designed to follow students' safety histories while limiting FERPA exposure, and a proposal to implement ALICE active‑shooter training led by Lieutenant Robert Chavez; no formal action was taken on training, but staff said they will coordinate next steps with safety vendors and officers.
Lieutenant Robert Chavez, a certified ALICE instructor with the Deming Police Department, told the board on Nov. 20 that ALICE (Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate) is a scenario‑based, four‑hour training that includes practical exercises for staff and can be used to teach teachers how to secure classrooms and respond if an active shooter is present.
"ALICE is an acronym — alert, lockdown, inform, counter and evacuate," Chavez said. "We show you how to lock down your classrooms properly, and we show you how to fight back when it's necessary to fight back when all means are out the door." He told the board he has provided training to state and local law‑enforcement agencies and argued the district would benefit from locally certified instruction.
District safety staff and school resource officers (SROs) also described a recently acquired SRO app — referred to during the meeting as an incident/incident‑defender app — that lets officers log activities and incidents at school sites and attach behavior plans or other non‑grade data. District presenters said the app ties to Infinite Campus for student identity data but is designed to avoid exposing sensitive FERPA‑protected education records to officers.
"They can go in and they can log specifically, and it doesn't tie into Infinite Campus as far as getting the information from the student," one presenter said. "We know who the students are and who the contacts are, but they can't alter reports — they can see the history on it and document situations that are happening with that student as they progress through Deming Public Schools." (Attribution limited to presenters recorded in the meeting.)
Board members also heard SROs explain that in some non‑egregious cases the district has delayed filing charges with the juvenile probation office to allow time for corrective interventions. A presenter summarized the practice this way: if a student commits a first offense and demonstrates improvement, staff may work with the student rather than immediately seek prosecution; by statute, staff said, schools and SROs have a 30‑day reporting window to send matters to prosecutorial authorities.
Superintendent Wolgamott and other staff said ALICE would complement existing safety tools, including the Rave panic button system and other detection measures, and that the district would follow up with the police department and internal teams to propose an implementation plan and timeline.
No formal board action was taken at the meeting on ALICE training or the app rollout; staff were asked to continue coordination and to report back to the board on implementation steps and potential training schedules.