Atlanta Public Schools is seeking sworn police officers and other personnel for its new in-house Safety and Security Department. In the coming weeks, APS will hire 55 school resource officers and fill several other law enforcement positions that include:
 
· Chief of Police
· Security Operations Director
· Emergency Compliance Manager
· Lieutenants
· Sergeants
· Investigators
· Dispatchers
· Alarm Response Officers
· Training Officers
· Part-time Officers

The Atlanta Public Schools Safety and Security Department wants to hire individuals who philosophically align with its social emotional learning approach, and a national model-TRIAD that involves law enforcement officers serving as informal counselors and educators.
 
The National Association of School Resource Officers is partnering with APS to facilitate SRO training. They will be trained in positive behavior support interventions and other student-centered services such as social emotional learning and conflict resolution consistency.

Additionally, the SROs will have staffing assignments and focused training to foster a safe, orderly teaching and learning environment in Atlanta Public Schools.
 
The new department will launch by the first day of school, August 3, 2016, with full-time, law enforcement employees who will serve as school resource officers assigned to middle and high schools to support students, staff and parents and to secure its campuses.