SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS LASTING IMPACT
ADAPT AND OVERCOME As a result of the pandemic, everyone
Reporting Service to help take reports
Our SROs work with so many students,
School Resource Officers (SRO). While
the virus spread. The majority of our
interactions have. More than 20 years
extremely helpful when officers had
Robinson Secondary School when a then
spread of the virus.
heading down a difficult path. As a result
had to make adjustments, including our our SROs could not be in the schools, they were still able to help serve our
community. Approximately twenty SROs were reassigned to our Community
over the phone in an effort to reduce
it is easy to forget the impact those
SROs supplemented patrol which proved
ago, MPO Gleason was the SRO at
to periodically quarantine to stop the
student, Joe Mannato, found himself
of the time MPO Gleason spent with him, Joe knew he had to make a change. He
joined the Army and served in Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
After many years, the two reconnected
after Joe sent a letter to MPO Gleason for chaging his life and helping him become the person he is today.
41 FAIRFAX COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT 2020 ANNUAL REPORT
