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Florida Crime Prevention Training Institute

Florida Crime Prevention Training Institute

Florida Attorney General's Florida Crime Prevention Training Institute will be announcing the next School Resource Officer Basic Class. Check back periodically for dates and how to register. Click here for more information.

Florida Gang Investigators Association

Florida Gang Investigator's Association

The Florida Gang Investigator’s Association was formed in 1993, by criminal justice professionals, FGIA provides a professional organization for all those within the criminal justice system who share a common goal of intervening, preventing and enforcing suppression against criminal gang activity. Visit https://fgia.org for more information.

S.R.O. Practitioner Application:


Ts ime to get your 2023 S.R.O. Practitioner application completed and submitted. Once you get the application completed, have it signed by your training division. Copies of certificates of completion do not need to be attached. Download Practitioner Application.

S.R.O. Practitioners were recognized during our 2023 conference and will receive a certificate and pin.

If you have any questions please email [email protected].

School Resource Officer Practitioner Designation


H ISTORY: The School Resource Officer (SRO) program in Florida is dynamic, innovative and flourishing. It encompasses 100 percent of the state with some form of the program in every county, despite the fact there is no specific funding or state agency regulating School Resource Officers.

The Attorney General’s Office, in 1985, developed the first 40-hour Basic Training Course adopted by FDLE to train SRO’s with the basic knowledge and skills necessary to implement crime prevention programming in a school setting. The definition of a School Resource Officer encompasses three major components of his/her job: that of law enforcement, education, and counseling, which is a pro-active approach to law enforcement through positive role modeling. These three components allow the SRO to promote positive relations between youth and law enforcement, which encourages school safety and deters juvenile delinquency.

The Attorney General’s Office has presented over 260 SRO classes to over 12,000 participants and continues to design classes for specific needs and agencies. The Attorney General’s Office realizes the importance of agencies successfully working in partnership to develop effective prevention programs and strategies for students and campuses. Together, the Attorney General’s Office, the Florida Association of School Resource Officers (FASRO), the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), and the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) have jointly provided a number of trainings throughout the years to meet those needs.

School Resource Officer Practitioner Designation (SROP)

The Attorney General’s Office awards a designation to experienced SROs who attend a minimum of 130 hours of juvenile-related courses through the FCPTI. This designation recognizes officers who demonstrate their commitment to the School Resource Officer program through the hours spent in furthering their education and knowledge. To earn the School Resource Officer Practitioner Designation, a participant must successfully complete the 40-hour SRO Basic Training course and then 90 hours of SRO instruction offered through FCPTI in the form of workshops and seminars.

To get more information please here.

"NEW" - Florida SRO Specialist


T he “SRO Specialist” recognizes those SROs who have earned 88 hours of juvenile-related training from the Florida Crime Prevention Training Institute (FCPTI). There are two curriculum paths to this recognition.

I. Option = 88 hours:

  • 40 hour SRO Basic Training class
  • 24 hour SRO Intermediate Training
  • SRO Supervisors and Management (24hr)
  • 24 hour SRO Advanced

OR

II. Option = 88 hours:

  • 24 hour FASRO Conference
  • 64 hours Participants may select any combination of FCPTI juvenile-related training classes that will equal 64 hours.

To get more information please click Here.