Police Assigned to Schools, Surveillance and Monitoring of Social Media

"About 83% of sworn SROs had conducted video surveillance of schools in the past 30 days (table 7). About half of all SROs had conducted security audits or assessments of school campuses (51%) or monitored social media (47%). About 45% of SROs had participated in crisis preparedness training or on a threat assessment team.

"A lower percentage of sworn SROs in local police departments (78%) than in sheriffs’ offices (85%) or school district police departments (92%) had conducted video surveillance. A higher percentage of SROs in local police departments (49%) or sheriffs’ offices (51%) had monitored social media than in school district police departments (37%). There were no statistically significant differences by agency type in the percentages of SROs who had participated in crisis preparedness training or on a threat assessment team."