What is an SRO?
SRO stands for School Resource Officer. Our district’s resource officer is Mr. Brad Raasch of the Boscobel Police Department. SROs support and facilitate the educational process by providing a safe and secure environment by building meaningful relationships with students, staff, families, and the community.
Officer Raasch has been with the Boscobel Police Department for four and a half years. He is a 2012 graduate of Westby High School and a spring 2016 graduate of the Western Technical College Police Academy of La Crosse. Officer Raasch also serves as a WIAA baseball and wrestling official. He enjoys the outdoors walking with his wife and two dogs. His hobbies include hunting, hiking, fishing, and working out.
The role of an SRO
SROs proactively interact with the school community to ensure the enforcement of city and state laws; preservation of public order; protection of life; and prevention, detection, or investigation of crime. The primary role of this liaison program is to work effectively with students, families, school personnel, and community agencies to support safe teaching and learning in schools. One of the primary roles of the SROs is to foster a positive school climate through relationship-building and preventative education. Officers engage in various activities in consultation with school administration, staff, and the community to build a school culture of open communication and trust between and among students and adults. The SRO works with teachers and administrators to identify students who may be facing challenges and need additional resources or attention to be successful in and out of the school setting. The SRO will conduct crime prevention activities including foot patrols, investigating crimes, and patrolling the parking lots. The SRO assists with emergency response plans and security for the physical safety of people, the school property and facilities. Often times you will see our SRO at school and community events and they are present at all school dances.
Funding
Fund 80 is used to account for activities such as adult education, community recreation programs such as evening swimming pool operation and softball leagues, elderly food service programs, non-special education preschool, daycare services, and other programs that are not elementary and secondary educational programs but have the primary function of serving the community. Districts may adopt a separate tax levy for this fund. Boscobel Area School District adopted a separate tax levy for the City’s summer recreation program and a School Resource Officer in the amount of $15,000.
