Grant-funded project to include training curriculum and guide on best practices.

HOOVER, Ala. – The National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) announced it has received a federal grant to fund development of the first-ever standardized violence prevention protocol (SVPP) for U.S. schools. The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, issued the $499,460 grant through the Office’s Community Policing Development (CPD) program.

“We’ve seen a significant gap between knowledge about school violence prevention and actual practice,” said Mo Canady, NASRO’s executive director. “Research about past school shootings reveals ways to prevent future attacks, and helpful school safety guidelines have been published, but no one has created a toolkit that focuses on school violence prevention specifically. We intend to change that by creating a protocol that any school can easily understand and implement. Thus, we hope to make schools safer throughout the country.”

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