The National Association for School Resource Officer details the SRO’S role as threefold: 1) as an educator, 2) as an informal counselor or mentor and 3) as a law enforcement officer. The United States Department of Justice includes those three prongs, and adds 4) an emergency manager or planner for a school or district.

School Resource Officers for the Laurel Police Department are dedicated to working with the Laurel School District to ensure a safer learning environment, provide valuable resources to school staff, teachers and youth to prevent and solve problems within the school and community and foster positive relationships between youth and the Laurel Police Department.