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A School and Police Department Partnership Dr. Montina Romero, Asst. Superintendent Fountain-Fort Carson School District Lisa Zimprich, Assistant Director Fountain-Fort Carson School District Moses Cho, Sergeant Fountain Police Department Matt Sanchez, Corporal Fountain Police Department August 8, 2017, Solutions to the Dropout Crisis. National Dropout Prevention Center, Clemson, SC. http://dropoutprevention.org/webcast/school-police-partnership

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Page 1: A School and Police Department Partnership · 2017. 8. 8. · A School and Police Department Partnership Dr. Montina Romero, Asst. Superintendent Fountain-Fort Carson School District

ASchoolandPoliceDepartmentPartnership

Dr.MontinaRomero,Asst.SuperintendentFountain-FortCarsonSchoolDistrictLisaZimprich,AssistantDirectorFountain-FortCarsonSchoolDistrict

MosesCho,SergeantFountainPoliceDepartmentMattSanchez,CorporalFountainPoliceDepartment

August8,2017,SolutionstotheDropoutCrisis.NationalDropoutPreventionCenter,Clemson,SC.http://dropoutprevention.org/webcast/school-police-partnership

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Safety&SecurityMission

Fountain-FortCarsonSchoolDistrictisdedicatedtothesafetyandsecurityofallschools,students,andstaff.Thedistrictandschoolstaffmusthavea

comprehensiveunderstandingofthesystemsthatimprovesafetyandsecurityandallowforan

immediateresponsetopotentialthreatstotheschoolenvironment,crisissituations,andother

studentorstaffneedsthatmayimpactthetypicalschoolday.

Page 3: A School and Police Department Partnership · 2017. 8. 8. · A School and Police Department Partnership Dr. Montina Romero, Asst. Superintendent Fountain-Fort Carson School District

Whoarewe?Fountain-FortCarsonSchoolDistrict• PublicSchoolDistrictwith8schoolsinthetownofFountainand5schoolsontheArmypost,FortCarson• Approximately8,100students• 65%studentsarefederallyconnected• 18%ofstudentsareidentifiedwithdisabilities• 51%freeandreducedlunch• Drop-outratecutinhalfoverlast10years

FountainPoliceDepartment• Servescommunityof28,000+• Totalof53swornofficers,7dedicatedSROs(13%)• Body-worncameras- 2years

Page 4: A School and Police Department Partnership · 2017. 8. 8. · A School and Police Department Partnership Dr. Montina Romero, Asst. Superintendent Fountain-Fort Carson School District

BuildingaPartnership

Fountain-FortCarsonSchoolDistrictand

FountainPoliceDepartmentFountain,Colorado,HaveaUnitedFocusinPartneringtoCreate

aSafeandSecureCommunityThatCares

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BuildingaPartnership

• UnderstandingtheCommunity• MilitaryImpact• Growth• MentalHealthneeds• Diversity

• PrevalenceofSchoolViolenceinColorado• LegalizationofMarijuana• IncreasedScrutinyofLawEnforcementAcrosstheNation• CommitmenttoCommunity

Page 6: A School and Police Department Partnership · 2017. 8. 8. · A School and Police Department Partnership Dr. Montina Romero, Asst. Superintendent Fountain-Fort Carson School District

SchoolResourceOfficersinAction• StudenttoSROratio• Buildingrelationships• Selectingtherightofficer• Workschedulesandtraining• Focusonprevention• Educationopportunities• Staffbuy-in• Communication• Sharingresponsibility• Amp

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ACommonLanguage• MemorandumofUnderstanding(MOU)• DedicatedOfficers• AccesstoInfiniteCampus• Supportextracurricularactivities

• DistrictSafetyandSecurityManual• Developedbydistrictcommittee• SectionsonStandardResponseProtocol(SRP),visitorsign-in,expectations,reunificationsites,crisistable-topscenarios

• Yearlytraining• SRP,crisisscenarios,activeshootertraining

Page 8: A School and Police Department Partnership · 2017. 8. 8. · A School and Police Department Partnership Dr. Montina Romero, Asst. Superintendent Fountain-Fort Carson School District

InterventionEfforts

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CommunicationToolsSafe2Tell SafeMail

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EvaluatingRisk

SuicideRiskAssessments• 365Assessments• 34%Medium,High,Imminent• RSSPlans,CommunityFollow-up,WelfareChecks

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Studentmentalhealthissues

Studentsuicidalideation

Studentpossessionofweapons

Towhatextentarethefollowingaprobleminyourschool?

SignificantProblem ModerateProblem MinorProblem NotaProblem

ThreatAssessments• 113Assessments• 50%Medium,High,Imminent• IntersectionwithDiscipline• SecondaryReview/Follow-up

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ContactInformation

Fountain-FortCarsonSchoolDistrict

[email protected]

[email protected]

LisaZimprich,[email protected]

[email protected]