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Questions/Comments for
your School Resource Officer?
Email SRO Guy Ryan here (covers Glenwood Springs High School)
Email SRO Brian Larison here (covers all other Glenwood Springs
public schools)
The GSPD is assigning two School Resource Officers
for the 2010 through 2011 school year; they are:
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Officer Guy Ryan provides coverage to the
Glenwood Springs High School.
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Officer Brian Larison
provides coverage to the Glenwood Springs Middle School, Glenwood Springs Elementary School and Sopris
Elementary School.
 The
work of the SRO in the partnership with the Glenwood Springs Middle
and High School is based in a triad approach. The officer
works as a law enforcement officer, a law-related counselor, and a
law-related education teacher.
As a law enforcement officer, the SRO responds to all types of
offenses on campus, takes reports, and makes arrests. The SRO
assists the school with enforcing its school rules and takes on the
responsibility of developing and maintaining a safe learning
environment for all students and staff. The SRO is not a
school disciplinarian, but often works with the school
administration when a violation of school rules is also a violation
of the law. The SRO believes that the safety of the students
must be taken into consideration when responding to every situation.
As a law-related counselor, the SRO specializes in law related
issues, discusses reality and common sense issues, as well as family
or relationship issues. The SRO can be involved in counseling
students that have broken school rules, helping the students work on
problem-solving skills, or just being someone for the students to be
able to talk to. The SRO makes referrals to the school
counselor or other agencies when dealing with more serious issues.
As a law-related teacher, the SRO is a qualified and trained
presenter in the classrooms. The SRO talks to the students
about topics ranging from bike safety, stranger danger, to rape
awareness, domestic violence, and traffic violations. The SRO
also speaks on topics of drug awareness, substance abuse, violence
reduction, and conflict resolution. The SRO best teaches by
being a positive role model for the students.
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