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Mesa Police Department School Resource Officers

School resource officers are each assigned two junior high schools and also respond to the elementary schools that are near their junior high campus. Each of the high schools are assigned a school resource officer who, in addition to other duties, is required to teach 80 hours per semester.

The two school resource sergeants are also responsible for meeting with administrators at the schools and involved in observing Law Related Education (LRE) Classes.

The following schools are assigned school resource officers:

Contact: Sgt. Schweisthal
480-644-4214
 
Contact: Sgt. Sherwood
480-644-4391
 
East Valley High School
Mountain View High School
Red Mountain High School
Westwood High School
Desert Ridge High School
Dobson High School
Mesa High School
Skyline High School
   
Carson Jr. High
Fremont Jr. High
McKellips Jr. High
Poston Jr. High
Power Learning Center
Shepherd Jr. High
Smith Jr. High
Stapley Jr. High
Brimhall Jr. High
Desert Ridge Jr. High
Highland & Gilbert Learning Center
Kino Jr. High
Mesa Jr. High
Powell Jr. High
Rhodes Jr. High
Taylor Jr. High

 

History

In 1994 the Mesa Police Department and Mesa Public Schools began the Safe Schools Program. The program initially placed an officer at Dobson High School. Because of the success of the program it was expanded through a federal grant to include officers at several high schools and junior high schools.

In 2007, because some grant funding ran out, the program was supported by Mesa Public Schools and the Mesa Police Department. Funding for 2008 comes from Mesa Public Schools, Gilbert Public Schools and the Mesa Police Department. The school resources officers assigned to the high schools are still funded through the Safe Schools Grant approved by the State Legislature.