School Resource officer

NASSAU, The Bahamas – A School Resource Officer (SRO) Pilot Program, designed to improve school safety, has been launched by the Ministry of Education and Technical & Vocational Training at public schools in New Providence and is yielding significant results. The program is a joint partnership between school administrators, security officers and SROs. The Hon. Glenys Hanna-Martin, Minister of Education and Technical & Vocational Training reported to Parliament Monday, June 13, that since the return of SROs to New Providence schools there has been a significant decline in the number of incidents at schools in the pilot program. “Keeping school students, teachers and staff members safe on those school campuses is a fundamental duty of the Government of The Bahamas. Recently, there ha...