Civil Municipal - June 2024

Level 1 Indiana Police Academy trained. All of them are also NASRO (the National Association of School Resource Officers) trained, and several of our SROs are SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) trained. So, that level of professionalism has increased.” In terms of the schools’ physical characteristics, Hinshaw reports that the district plans to retrofit the front entrances of all four school buildings to provide better sight lines, better ability to isolate visitors as they enter the buildings, and enhanced scrutiny protocols.“We have recently implemented a new visitor system, so any visitor that comes into any school office is immediately checked into a system that runs a limited criminal history check on them and gives them a badge that expires at the end of their visit.And we upgraded our security cameras.We also can share those cameras with law enforcement, with whom we have a great relationship. They used one of our buildings for SWAT practice last summer.” “In Indiana, every district has to designate someone 226 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 06