Starting January 2004, the City of Los Alamitos and the Los Alamitos School District agreed to a partnership that placed a Los Alamitos Police Officer on the Los Alamitos High School campus. A School Resource Officer, better known as an SRO, is a means to educate, counsel, enhance the security of the school environment and serve as a role model and mentor to the student population. The Chief of Police at the time, Mike McCrary, identified an opportunity to re-assign an officer from the Patrol Bureau and assign them full-time to the school district, which is providing office space and support at school. The SRO will follow school policies and work cooperatively with the Principal, however is under the direct command of the Los Alamitos Police Department. The SRO receives basic and advanced training in order to comply with standards established by the National Association of School Resource Officers, NASRO, and the California Commission on Police Officer Standards and Training, POST.

Our SRO is looking forward to building positive relationships between law enforcement personnel and the school community. It is a great opportunity to become part of the team that makes Los Alamitos High such a highly regarded school in the community, state, and nation.

The SRO office can be reached on the Los Alamitos High School campus at (562) 799-4780 ext. 82245.