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Police School Liaison Officer (PSLO)

The Police-School Liaison Officer Program was created in 1983. A single officer was assigned to Nicolet High School. The program currently has two officers and expanded to include service to almost every public and private school in Glendale. The Nicolet High School and Glendale-River Hills School Districts are the PSLO program's priorities, but services have been provided to Cardinal Strich College, St. Francis Children's Center, and St. John's Lutheran School.

The PSLO program is a community-oriented policing initiative that provides a variety of services. The program offers crime prevention services (personal safety, school violence prevention, building security), classroom presentations (Constitutional Law, use of RADAR/Laser, harassment, personal safety, accident investigation/safety belts, ATODA issues), student and family counseling, safe school planning, security consultations, and personalized/dedicated investigations for school related criminal acts and municipal ordinance violations. The PSLOs serve on a number of school and community committees/organizations that are dedicated to the health and welfare of Glendale's student population.

The PSLO program recently established a mentoring program with Glen Hills Middle School, which matched alternative school students with Glendale police officers. The addition of a second officer to the PSLO program enabled both PSLO officers to spend more time investigating school thefts and harassment complaints, dedicate more time to the safety and well being of all students and staff members, and allowed for strict enforcement of Glendale's newly enacted truancy ordinance.