ASchoolandPoliceDepartmentPartnership

Dr.MontinaRomero,Asst.SuperintendentFountain-FortCarsonSchoolDistrictLisaZimprich,AssistantDirectorFountain-FortCarsonSchoolDistrict

MosesCho,SergeantFountainPoliceDepartmentMattSanchez,CorporalFountainPoliceDepartment

August8,2017,SolutionstotheDropoutCrisis.NationalDropoutPreventionCenter,Clemson,SC.http://dropoutprevention.org/webcast/school-police-partnership

Safety&SecurityMission

Fountain-FortCarsonSchoolDistrictisdedicatedtothesafetyandsecurityofallschools,students,andstaff.Thedistrictandschoolstaffmusthavea

comprehensiveunderstandingofthesystemsthatimprovesafetyandsecurityandallowforan

immediateresponsetopotentialthreatstotheschoolenvironment,crisissituations,andother

studentorstaffneedsthatmayimpactthetypicalschoolday.

Whoarewe?Fountain-FortCarsonSchoolDistrict• PublicSchoolDistrictwith8schoolsinthetownofFountainand5schoolsontheArmypost,FortCarson• Approximately8,100students• 65%studentsarefederallyconnected• 18%ofstudentsareidentifiedwithdisabilities• 51%freeandreducedlunch• Drop-outratecutinhalfoverlast10years

FountainPoliceDepartment• Servescommunityof28,000+• Totalof53swornofficers,7dedicatedSROs(13%)• Body-worncameras- 2years

BuildingaPartnership

Fountain-FortCarsonSchoolDistrictand

FountainPoliceDepartmentFountain,Colorado,HaveaUnitedFocusinPartneringtoCreate

aSafeandSecureCommunityThatCares

BuildingaPartnership

• UnderstandingtheCommunity• MilitaryImpact• Growth• MentalHealthneeds• Diversity

• PrevalenceofSchoolViolenceinColorado• LegalizationofMarijuana• IncreasedScrutinyofLawEnforcementAcrosstheNation• CommitmenttoCommunity

SchoolResourceOfficersinAction• StudenttoSROratio• Buildingrelationships• Selectingtherightofficer• Workschedulesandtraining• Focusonprevention• Educationopportunities• Staffbuy-in• Communication• Sharingresponsibility• Amp

ACommonLanguage• MemorandumofUnderstanding(MOU)• DedicatedOfficers• AccesstoInfiniteCampus• Supportextracurricularactivities

• DistrictSafetyandSecurityManual• Developedbydistrictcommittee• SectionsonStandardResponseProtocol(SRP),visitorsign-in,expectations,reunificationsites,crisistable-topscenarios

• Yearlytraining• SRP,crisisscenarios,activeshootertraining

InterventionEfforts

CommunicationToolsSafe2Tell SafeMail

EvaluatingRisk

SuicideRiskAssessments• 365Assessments• 34%Medium,High,Imminent• RSSPlans,CommunityFollow-up,WelfareChecks

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Studentmentalhealthissues

Studentsuicidalideation

Studentpossessionofweapons

Towhatextentarethefollowingaprobleminyourschool?

SignificantProblem ModerateProblem MinorProblem NotaProblem

ThreatAssessments• 113Assessments• 50%Medium,High,Imminent• IntersectionwithDiscipline• SecondaryReview/Follow-up

ContactInformation

Fountain-FortCarsonSchoolDistrict

Dr.MontinaRomeroAsst.Superintendentmromero@ffc8.org

FountainPoliceDepartmentSgt.MosesChomcho@fountainpd.com

LisaZimprich,Ed.S.Asst.Directorezimprich@ffc8.org

Cpl.MattSanchezmsanchez@fountainpd.com