TASRO -Texas Association of School Resource Officers

Message from our Executive Director:

Over the past several weeks school districts in Texas and across the country have been inundated with social media threats to harm our children while they attend school. A school district near Houston last week had 500 kids absent from one campus because of these threats. No one should live in fear to receive an education. This is unacceptable and those individuals who make these threats, when identified and a violation of law has occurred, need to be held accountable. Not only are they instilling fear in students and parents, but they are taxing law enforcement resources and taking them away from other essential duties with these bogus threats.

In the next few days I will be meeting with U.S. Representative Tony Gonzales (San Antonio) to discuss the issues we here in Texas have been facing. Representative Gonzales is very passionate about school safety and I appreciate his office’s proactive stance to make schools safe for our kids.

As always, stay safe and thank you for what you do.

Shane Wallace
Executive Director
Texas Association of School Resource Officers

Registration for the 2025 NASRO Conference in Grapevine, TX is now open! Reminder that TASRO will be joining with NASRO in 2025 with their conference and we will not have our individual conference this year. We will pick back up for our annual TASRO conference in 2026 in Corpus Christi.

To register for NASRO, follow the link below.

2025 NASRO School Safety Conference - Grapevine, TX | National Association of School Resource Officers If you plan to attend one of these classes, you will need to register for that class and NOT for the conference. You will be automatically registered for the conference when you register for one of these classes.

https://www.police1.com/school-resource-officer/sros-who-stopped-ga-school-shooter-had-extensive-backgrounds-training-in-school-threat-response

SROs who stopped Ga. school shooter had extensive backgrounds, training in school threat response The two SROs at Apalachee High School are credited with helping to prevent further casualties at the school by quickly confronting the shooter and taking him into custody

I am saddened and devastated by today's horrific news from Georgia. The murder of four people and the numerous injuries to others at Apalachee High School were senseless and unimaginable. We at TASRO grieve for the innocent lives taken and for the families who were affected by this tragedy. We are also thankful for our law enforcement partners who secured the school and took the suspect into custody.

Shane Wallace
Executive Director-TASRO

TASRO and other Texas law enforcement organizations met this morning via Zoom in a unified effort to request Texas law makers continue funding the National Child ID program. Also attending the meeting was NFL Hall of Famer Mike Singletary.

From our conference to the NASRO conference, some of our staff have made it to Phoenix for the NASRO conference. We will be assisting both NASRO and our partners with the Arizona School Resource Officers Association this week.

From Executive Director Shane Wallace:

I want to personally thank all of those who attended our 11th annual school safety conference this past week in San Marcos. It was a pleasure reconnecting with SRO's across our state and meeting new friends. I also want to thank the over 40 vendors/exhibitors we had in attendance. Each offered remarkable products and/or services. Lastly, I want to thank our board for their hard work and dedication in making the conference a success.

Next year we will be teaming up with the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) in Grapevine, Tx July 6th-11th, 2025 for the NASRO conference. I would encourage you to join us there for another great training opportunity.

Stay safe,
Shane Wallace
TASRO Executive Director

Our Executive Director Shane Wallace wrote an article that is featured in the most recent edition of the magazine “Parents for Preparedness.” The article discusses the importance of SRO’s practicing community oriented policing at their campuses.

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Lorena Police officer named School Resource Officer of the Year Sgt Peter Rivas is the School Resource Officer for Lorena High School.

2024 TASRO AWARD BANQUET

DAY 2

TASRO INFLUENCE TO IMPACT CONFERENCE 2024!!!!

TASRO is closely monitoring Tropical Storm Beryl and the impacts it will have on our state. Our 11th annual conference scheduled for July 8th-11th in San Marcos is still scheduled as planned. We ask that all of our attendees, guests, speakers, and vendors travel safely to the conference site.

For anyone looking some great training here something worth checking out!

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2024 TASRO Conference Highlight-Monday July 8th:

Gary Forward - Santa Fe ISD, Chief of Police (Ret) "Tragedy at Santa Fe High School"

Check out this impactful video about one of this year's conference speakers.

Santa Fe hero officers: One year later John Barnes and Gary Forward were the only officers on campus that morning. Barnes nearly died trying to protect hundreds of students.

Help us congratulate our very own TASRO training coordinator, who graduated Friday with a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Tarleton State University!!

In 1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week in which May 15 falls, as National Police Week. Established by a joint resolution of Congress in 1962, National Police Week pays special recognition to those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others.

TASRO Treasurer Zach Apostolo visited a high school student this afternoon who collects police patches and enjoys visiting with officers in his area. Zach was able to add some patches to the young man’s collection. In addition to being a treasurer and an SRO supervisor, Zack works security at the church that this student attends. Building relationships times two!!

2024 TASRO Conference Highlight-Monday July 8th:

Bruce Ure - Victoria, TX Chief of Police (Ret)
"Surviving the Largest Mass Shooting in America - Las Vegas"

Gary Forward - Santa Fe ISD, Chief of Police (Ret) "Tragedy at Santa Fe High School"

Dr. Bernie James, Professor of Law, Pepperdine University
"SRO Law"

Sad news out of Arlington, Tx.

This afternoon at James Bowie High School (Arlington ISD), a student lost their life at the hands of another. While our prayers are with all of the students, staff, and families affected by this senseless act of violence, let's remember why we do this job as SROs. The relationships we build with our students and the continued training only help us all to be more prepared for the worst days.

We at TASRO want to thank each of our members and every SRO and School-Based Law Enforcement Officer for taking on the responsibility to keep our kids safe.

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Good job, Klein ISD Police Department

Klein ISD Police Department is the best! Serving even our smallest of koalas (one shoelace at a time). 😆❤️💙🐨 Klein ISD

Calling all cars!! Our first annual police car show will take place at this year's conference. Entries are due by June 21, 2024. For more information, email JD Simmons at [email protected].

Happy Easter from your Executive Board and Regional Director peeps!

***Important conference information***

Overflow hotel for this year's conference will be at the Holiday Inn Express, 900 Barnes Rd. San Marcos, TX.

1. Call the hotel front desk at 512-392-6355 and mention that you are with the TASRO or mention the group code TXA

2. Book ONLINE! Click the TASRO booking link. It will take you to our website where you can book online.

Select a Hotel We promise you the lowest available price online, or we’ll match it and give you five times the IHG® Rewards Club points, up to a 40,000-point maximum.