Police Assigned to Schools and Drug Enforcement

"Slightly less than half of all sworn SROs reported that they had confiscated drugs (45%) within the past 30 days (figure 6). Nearly 4 in 10 SROs had made an arrest (39%) or issued a criminal citation (37%) in the past 30 days. About 23% of SROs had confiscated a weapon.

"Sworn SROs in school district police departments were the most likely to report confiscating drugs (60%), followed by SROs in local police departments (47%). A higher percentage of SROs in local police departments (41%) than in sheriffs’ offices (35%) or school district police departments (29%) had issued criminal citations. A smaller portion of SROs in sheriffs’ offices (32%) than in local police departments (41%) or school district police departments (45%) reported that they had made an arrest in the past 30 days."