The Regina Police Service School Resource Officer Program is designed to build and maintain relationships between police , students, parents and the school community. 

A police officer is assigned to each Regina high school and several “feeder” elementary schools.  Each School Resource Officer (SRO) has an office within his/her high school(s) and interacts with students, teachers, school staff and parents on a daily basis. 

School Resource Officers provide education on the following topics: general safety, social media, alcohol and drug education, impaired driving, anti-bullying, inter-personal (domestic) violence, stranger awareness, pedestrian safety, life skills and the justice system. SROs also investigate complaints to police involving schools. In some cases, mediation brings about a successful resolution to the complaint; in other cases a criminal charge may result.

In addition to presentations and investigations, SRO’s take part in team sports, intramurals, one-on-one reading, arts activities and other school events.

There are fourteen School Resource Officers assigned to Regina’s high schools and elementary schools.

School Resource Officer Program Goals

• To develop relationships between police officers, students/youth, their families and the school community.
• To provide administrators, counsellors and teachers with a resource in the areas of law and police work in the community
• To provide information to students on the law, the work of the police, and legal consequences.
• To provide individual counselling and assistance to students relative to the law.
• To reduce crime on school property and in the community, now and in the future.
• To help to create a safe school environment.

Safety Protocols in Schools

• When a school is secured, there is a real or reported threat outside of the school. This results in school activities continuing inside the school, but outdoor activities are curtailed and access in and out of the school is carefully controlled.
• In the very rare case of a lockdown, students and staff lock themselves in their classrooms because there is a credible threat to the school population.
• The Regina Police Service, through our School Resource Officer Program, works with Regina Public Schools and the Regina Catholic School Division to practice drills of both of these protocols.
• Drills are practiced in schools around the city, multiple times per year. That way, when the protocols are put in place in real-time, students, staff and police know their roles and feel as safe as possible.