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Bellevue Police School Resource Officers Unit

The Bellevue Police Department assigns a School Resource Officer (SRO) to each of Bellevue’s middle and high schools to work with students, parents, teachers and school administrators to enhance the safety of the school environment.

Some of the SRO's time is spent solving minor problems, such as thefts, vandalism, disruptive students and traffic enforcement around the schools. SROs also handle more serious matters, such as identifying distraught students, assisting in emergency action plans for working fires and tornado warnings, and other events.

Officers also teach classes on topics such as drug awareness, criminal law, the U.S. Constitution and gang resistance, to include D.A.R.E. at the elementary schools and G.R.E.A.T. at the middle schools. Having officers in the schools is also a great help to the police department's regular field units, as the field units are able to remain available to handle other calls for service in their patrol districts.

Most of the SROs work, however, is devoted to police interaction with the students. Many of the students will talk to our officers about their personal problems more than with anyone else. SROs are encouraged to be role models and mentors and they certainly contribute to a positive learning environment.

To learn about the SRO program and the Bellevue PD SROs, please explore these pages. If you would like more information about Bellevue PD’s SROs, please contact the SRO supervisor, Sergeant Dave Rech at 293-3118 or by email at drech@bellevue.net.