terest in what goes on with students and school employees.” Kevin Quinn, NASRO president and a member of the Chandler Police Department near Phoenix, echoed Canady’s comments. Quinn said he personally gets involved with transportation because it is part of keeping everybody safe, even though the relationship and its intricacies are not covered in much detail during SRO training. “I’m out there where the buses
pick up the kids every day after school,” he said. “I talk with the bus drivers, and if there are any issues, we try to deal with them together with the administration.” Quinn said some bus drivers
tell him if they observe safety any security issues in the neighborhoods they drive in or near the bus stops. In those instances, Quinn acts as a liaison with the police department,
SROs are encouraged to know and work closely with student transporters because a third or more of the student population is riding buses.
requesting a patrol officer to circulate in that particular area. “Over the years I have realized
that you have to get to know and work with your bus drivers, because a third of the kids ride school buses,” he said. “Tat’s a huge chunk of our
school population.” Quinn said he and Canady have discussed developing emergency training involving school bus drivers after Canady spoke at the STN EXPO last July. “NASRO does not train (school
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