### Question
What does school resource officer mean?


### Answer
**School resource officer** has the following meaning in *20 U.S.C. § 7161*:

> a career law enforcement officer, with sworn authority, deployed in community oriented policing, and assigned by the employing police department to a local educational agency to work in collaboration with schools and community based organizations to—


(A) educate students in crime and illegal drug use prevention and safety

#### Citation:
  - *20 U.S.C. § 7161*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 70-STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS > SUBCHAPTER IV-21ST CENTURY SCHOOLS > Part A-Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities > subpart 4-general provisions**

