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Pleasant Hill school resource officer outlines role, youth referrals and concerns about screens
Summary
Tammy Wooden, Pleasant Hill Police Department school resource officer, told the Education Commission she spends most of her time at the high school and three middle schools, emphasized relationship-building and restorative approaches, described referrals to the Youth Early Intervention Partnership and urged parental limits on social media and unsupervised e-bikes.
Tammy Wooden, a school resource officer (SRO) with the Pleasant Hill Police Department, told the Education Commission that she has worked as a police officer for 20 years and has spent the last three to four years assigned to Pleasant Hill schools, splitting time across three middle schools and the high school.
"I've been a police officer with the Pleasant Hill Police Department for 20 years. I'm currently the school resource officer," Wooden said, describing the SRO role as focused on building "positive relationships with the students and staff" through safety education, mentorship and informal counseling as well as providing a rapid response in emergencies.
Wooden said SROs distinguish between school discipline (handled by administrators) and criminal investigations (handled by police). She said the department favors…
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