The Florida Association of School Resource Officers provides the most advanced and comprehensive training for school-based police and school administrators. FASRO is the oldest school policing organization in the United States and currently has over 600 members. FASRO seeks quality presenters nationwide to address current issues facing school safety, security, and crime prevention.
More importantly, FASRO provides Florida specific training . This year’s annual training conference will focus on active shooter training for both law enforcement and school personnel. FASRO is pleased to announce that Don Alwes from the National Tactical Officers Association will be our featured speaker. FASRO also offers many other classes to include SRO Single Person Response to Active Shooters presented by the Florida SWAT Association, Pulse Night Club Shooting and Response with Deputy Chief Rolon Orlando Police Department, Boston Marathon Bombing with Retired Chief Daniel Linskey Boston Police Department, and Florida Legal Updates with Assistant State Attorney Maria Schneider 17 Judicial Circuit.
FASRO will continue to partner with the Florida Office of the Attorney General to provide Basic SRO training for new school resource officers at our annual conference. This year we have doubled the capacity for the upcoming Basic class as well as we have added an Advanced SRO class. FASRO has also partnered with the Florida Association of School Administrators to present a 1-day training for education personnel, which will have national speakers Curt Lavarello speaking on School Safety Assessments and Don Alwes on School Administrators response to Active Shooters.
With the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School FASRO is more focused than ever of protecting our most precious resource, the children of the state of Florida.
Note: FASRO will be hosting two Basic SRO classes this year which will be taught concurrently during the Conference. People can register for the FASRO Conference or the SRO Basic Class, but not both as the SRO Basic Class has a 40 hour course requirement in order to complete the Basic SRO Certification. SRO Basic Class Attendees will be able to attend FASRO Conference nightly activities as well as being eligible for Conference giveaways.
Note: Please register under your own Agency email address for important updates and your training certificates, upon successful completion.
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Featured Speakers
Don Alwes
National Tactical Officers AssociationActive Shooter in the School Environment.
Don is a lead instructor in the areas of Active Shooter Response and School and Workplace Violence.
He has consulted on various subjects with both the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice, including the NIJ School Safety Technical
Working Group. He has developed, performed, and supervised vulnerability assessments for various facilities, including many schools.
Jermaine Galloway
Idaho Law Enforcement Officer “Tall Cop Says Stop”
Jermaine played Division I basketball and received his BA from the University of San Francisco.
He spends much of his time today speaking to youth at school assemblies, professionals at drug prevention
trainings and parents at town hall meetings. To date, he has trained more than 105,000 people nationwide and internationally.
He has also conducted more than 1000 community scans at a variety of locations.
Orlando Rolon
Deputy Chief / Orlando Police DepartmentPulse Night Club Shooting
On June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen, 29, entered Pulse nightclub with an assault rifle and handgun,
opening fire on club patrons while holding them hostage. During the attack,
Mateen killed 49 people and injured more than 50 others, making it the deadliest
mass shooting in U. S. history. Mateen was eventually killed during a shootout with Orlando Police.
Curt Lavarello
Executive Director / School Safety Advocacy CouncilAssessing your School for the Unthinkable "Preparing before the Response"
This session will focus upon the need for schools to properly assess/audit their schools challenges in school safety.
Curt Lavarello has performed hundreds of school safety assessments across the nation and will share what has become
best practices and challenges to keeping children and staff safe. An emphasis will be placed on practical, common-sense
steps that school administrators, counselors, threat assessment teams, crisis teams, and safety officials can take for
more cognitive, less emotional responses to school threat scenarios..
2018 Conference Information:
Exhibitor Schedule
Check here for our Exhibitor Prospectus and participation packages.
Exhibitor ScheduleInstructor Biographies:
Marina Anderson
Florida Department of Children and Families Regional Human Trafficking Coordinator for Northeast and Northwest Regions.
Marina joined the Child Welfare Human Trafficking Team in May 2015. She began her career
with DCF in 2002. For thirteen years she worked as a Child Protective Investigator (CPI). In 2014, she became a
Field Support Consultant. Marina is a recognized expert in safety methodology, providing training and mentoring to CPI and CPIS,
and was personally recognized by Governor Rick Scott as a STAR Child Protective Investigator. Marina is a certified investigator and trainer
in human trafficking, and a subject matter expert in critical injury, domestic violence, physical/sexual abuse and human trafficking.
Marina is an executive board member of the Northeast Region Human Trafficking Coalition, Freedom 7 Human Trafficking Coalition and
Panama City Human Trafficking Task Force. She is also a member of the Alachua County Coalition against Human Trafficking,
Big Bend Human Trafficking Coalition and Circuit 1 Human Trafficking Task Force. Marina Anderson holds a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal
Justice from the University of North Florida.
Daniel Linskey
Managing Director: Kroll Investigations and Disputes Practice.
As the former Superintendent-in-Chief of the Boston Police Department (BPD) and a 27-year veteran of the force,
Dan provided strong leadership through some of the most tragic and contentious events in the city’s history, including
the Boston Marathon bombings and the Occupy Movement. Dan serves clients in diverse industries with uncommon experience in
investigations, crisis response, and risk management, as well as personal, physical, and operational security strategies.
Widely respected for his knowledge of the complexities inherent in law enforcement and homeland security, Dan has also consulted
with numerous national and international government agencies on a broad range of challenges, including large-scale event
management, crisis leadership, and preparedness and community engagement strategies.
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