SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER

2021 was one of the most successful years ever for Orlando Police Department school resource officers.

A school resource officer put a school on lockdown, then helped to chase down a man with a gun who was wanted for an armed robbery, according to Daytona Beach Police.

While juvenile specific training is a requirement for school resource officers in Kissimmee, it is not a statewide requirement. According to state law, school resource officers are required to get “mental health crisis intervention training”, but it does not have to be specific to juveniles. AdNew questions about school resource officers and training are now surfacing after two viral videos. But state lawmakers like Rep. Rene Plasencia do not feel school resource officers are equipped. Plasencia, a former teacher who goes by the nickname “Coach P”, saw counties struggle to find qualified school resource officers after the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Act, laws passed after the school shooting in Parkland which, in part, required a school resource officer in every state public school.

The South Carolina school resource officer who forcefully removed a student from her chair and then tossed her across the room has been fired. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca is reporting from Columbia, South Carolina, and joins CBSN by phone with more details.