Former school safety director Gary Sigrist Jr. believes the role of a school resource officer goes beyond safety and discipline.

“A school resource officer is one more trusted adult in a building for the kids,” Sigrist said. “If we look at the roles of a school resource officer, they're a teacher, they're a counselor, at the worst case scenario, they're gonna be a law enforcement officer.”

Sigrist, now the CEO and president of Safeguard Risk Solutions, spoke at a professional development event for school resource officers at the Trumbull County Educational Service Center on Friday. School resource officers are sworn law enforcement officers assigned to work for a school or district.

People often think of these officers in the context of school shootings, but according to Sigrist, that i

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