School Resource Officers

The School Resource Officer (SRO) program is a partnership between the Frisco Police Department and the Frisco Independent School District. SRO's are full time, Frisco Officers assigned to all secondary schools within the FISD. In this position, SRO’s have three roles:
1) Law Enforcement Officer 2) Teacher 3) Counselor

The primary purpose of the SRO program is the reduction and prevention of crime committed by juveniles and young adults. The program goals are:

1. Reduction of criminal offenses committed by juveniles and young adults.
2. Establish rapport with students
3. Establish rapport with parents, faculty, staff, administrators, and other adults.
4. Create and expand programs with vision and creativity to increase student participation, which benefits students, the school district, the police department, and the community.
5. Present a positive role image for students and adults.
6. Provide safety for students, faculty, staff, and all persons involved with the school district.

The Frisco Police Department’s School Resource Officers are involved in a variety of department programs.

Drug Abuse Resistance Education
D.A.R.E. began in 1983 in Los Angeles, California and was developed in conjunction with the Los Angeles Unified School District. The program curriculum (which is frequently updated and reviewed to meet our changing times) covers such topics such as how to say no to peers; taking responsibility for one’s behavior; building self-esteem and alternatives to drug use. D.A.R.E. is currently taught in all 50 states and in many foreign countries, with programs/curriculum for parent programs and all school grade levels.

D.A.R.E. curriculum consists of ten weeks of instruction by the D.A.R.E. officer. The program is taught to all FISD 6th graders

Junior High Police Academy
Frisco School Resource Officers instruct a one-week “police academy” for junior high students during the summer. Students must complete a background check and submit an essay to be considered for the academy.
Students get to experience “hands on” police work. They get to use a radar gun; ‘ride along’ during traffic stops; learn about police equipment, procedures and other issues confronting youth. This educational program promotes leadership while building character.

Shattered Dreams
“Shattered Dreams” is a two-day program designed to drive home dangers of drinking and driving and educating students about a sobering statistic -- every fifteen minutes someone in Texas is injured or killed by a drunk driver.

Using dramatization, Frisco police officers, firefighters and air ambulance crews respond to a staged, mock DWI crash outside Frisco High Schools.

On the first day and prior to the staged crash, students view a 10-minute video showing the “mock” events leading up to the crash.

Emergency crews simulate medical treatment for students portraying "victims" and other students, posing as the "drunk driver", are subject to a "mock" arrest and jail book-in.
Even a "Grim Reaper" appears in classrooms every fifteen minutes, selecting students to illustrate Texas' sobering statistic. Students selected as “living dead” return to class in white face makeup and instructions not to talk. Parents are tasked with writing obituaries and the living dead spend the night away from their families and friends.

On the second day, students attend mock funeral, followed by an assembly. Student actors will share their impressions and community leaders will talk about teenage alcohol abuse. "Shattered Dreams" is a cooperative effort between the Frisco Independent School District, the Frisco Police Department, the Frisco Fire Department.

Vacation Safety School
Vacation Safety School is a one-week, summer program designed to teach personal safety skills to elementary school aged Frisco children. Each session is open to twenty children, ages six to nine. Look for an application, with class dates and times. Information is sent home with FISD elementary students following Spring Break.

Vacation Safety School topics include “Policeman is a Friend”; Home Alone Safety; bicycle safety and stranger danger. Children participate in a bicycle rodeo and safety games. The Frisco Fire Department also participates by letting children get a up close look at a fire engine and sharing fire safety education tips. Parents are welcome to attend a graduation ceremony, which each student receives a graduation certificate.