Province pushes boards to bring back school resource officers

Province pushes boards to bring back school resource officers

GUELPH – More police will soon be patrolling the halls of Ontario schools.That’s due to new provincial legislation – and funds in the provincial budget – directed at school resource officer (SRO) programs.SROs are assigned to schools where they have daily interactions with students and staff while looking into illegal activity. Ontario’s budget includes more than $41 million over the next three years for SRO programs, which provincial officials …