City, WC Government launched project to have SRO’s introduced in schools within the Metro

Athenkosi Mvane
01 June 2013

The city of Cape Town together with the Western Cape Government has launched a pilot project that will see School Resource Officers being introduced to a selection of schools within the Cape Town Metro. 

Ministerial Spokesperson Bronagh Casey said the SRO Pilot Project aims to build a safer school environment and safer communities by having a dedicated person to coordinate and improve on existing school safety initiatives. 

Casey said the course also will ensure that school resource offices maintain and understand current school safety issues and trends from around the world.

“We are delighted to have benefited from international best practice in this regard, and our SRO’s have completed two trainings programmes by NASRO” Casey added.