Colorado school resource officers wear multiple hats

DENVER (AP) — Officer Dana Gerber is a mentor, teacher, confidant, in-house parent and the source of a few goofy rumors that keep Pomona High School students wondering and Gerber smiling during his hectic days.

The amiable Gerber, a 13-year-veteran of the Arvada Police Department, is not just the first-line of defense should a shooter decide to attack Pomona where he serves as a School Resource Officer. Gerber and other SROs are a centerpiece in a national debate over whether armed officers are helping to turn schools into prisons and students — especially minorities — into potential inmates....

 

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