A school resource officer (SRO) is a carefully selected, specifically trained, and properly equipped law enforcement officer with sworn authority, trained in school-based law enforcement and crisis response and assigned by an employing law enforcement agency to work collaboratively with one or more schools using community-oriented policing concepts.

The Lincoln Police Department has contractual agreements between the Lincoln Community High School and Lincoln Elementary School District #27. These agreements establish and delineates the mission of the School Resource Officer Program, herein after to as the SRO Program, as a joint cooperative effort. The agreement formalizes relationships between the participating entities in order to foster an efficient and cohesive program that will build a positive relationship between Police Officers and the youth of our community, help ensure the safety of high school students, in addition to reducing crime committed by juveniles and young adults.

The mission of the SRO Program is the reduction and prevention of the school related violence and crime committed by juveniles and young adults. This is accomplished by assigning a Lincoln Police Officer as a SRO to Lincoln Community High School on a permanent basis. The SRO Program accomplishes this mission by creating and maintaining safe, secure and orderly learning environments for students, teachers and staff. The SRO will establish trusting channels of communication with students, parents and teachers. The SRO will serve as a positive role model to instill in students good moral standards, good judgment, respect for other students and a sincere concern for the school community. The SRO will promote citizen awareness of the law to enable students to become better informed and effective citizens, empowering students with the knowledge of law enforcement efforts and obligations regarding enforcement as well as consequences for violations of the law.

Officer C. Fruge and Officer Rohrer work with every school in the city, and multiple businesses to offer the Standard Response Protocol. The SRP is put together by the I Love You Guys Foundation. In 2006 Ellen and John - Michale Keyes lost their daughter Emily to a school shooter. The last 2 text messages she sent were to her parents. Both were 'I love you guys". The parents started this foundation to better prepare schools for active shooters. The program has since grown and now is offered for businesses as well. We have had a lot of success with this program and encourage any business to contact us for the training, at no charge of course.