This grant funded program is part of a multi-faceted effort to improve police-youth cooperation and communication in continued support of the Division's community policing efforts. The purpose of the School Resource Officer grant is to provide a police officer to serve as a dedicated resource officer for the Hampton City Public School System.

Mission

• Improve communication and positive interaction between the police and youth.
• Serve as a resource tool and provide guidance for students, administrators, staff and parents.
• Provide appropriate, effective, and timely responses to school-based violence.
• Provide training to peer mediators.

Responsibilities of the School Resource Officer include providing appropriate and effective responses to the problems of school-based juvenile violence, ensuring the safety and security of the public school environment for the students, staff and community, promoting effective communication and positive interaction between police, youth, parents and staff, providing training to peer mediators, and providing guidance to school administrators concerning police involvement when problems arise. The Resource Officer will not be responsible for the day to day discipline of students.

For more information, please email chiefsoffice@hampton.gov or call (757) 727-6510.