The Fairhope Police Department began our SRO program in 2002, adopting the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) model. I completed my basic SRO course that year and served as the SRO for all Fairhope campuses, K - 12. In 2018, it was decided that an SRO would be assigned to every Baldwin County Board of Education campus, and I was selected to supervise Fairhope's SRO unit. We have officers assigned to each Fairhope campus; Fairhope West Elementary, Fairhope East Elementary, Fairhope Middle, Fairhope High, and of course J. Larry Newton Elementary.

The role of the SRO is three-fold: law enforcement, education, and counseling. Following NASRO's triad concept, we endeavor to provide a safe campus where students can learn and teachers can teach, we provide in-class instruction on topics relevant to the grade levels we serve, and we provide informal counseling to students, staff, and parents on issues within the realm of our background and training.

Your Fairhope School Resource Officers are all full-time sworn police officers with the Fairhope Police Department. We have extensive law enforcement experience that we bring with us to campus each day. We have each completed our basic SRO courses through NASRO (https://www.nasro.org/ ). Additionally, Corporal Bishop and I have completed the Advanced SRO course and Management courses.