Bill Text: NY J01852 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 15, 2024, as National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day in the State of New York

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 13-1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-02-27 - ADOPTED [J01852 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-J01852-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 1852

BY: Senator GALLIVAN

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        February  15,  2024,  as  National  School  Resource
        Officer Appreciation Day in the State of New York

  WHEREAS,  It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize and
honor those distinguished  officers  who  devote  themselves  to  public
service,  demonstrating great courage and diligence in providing for the
care and welfare of the citizens and students of their  communities  and
this great Empire State; and

  WHEREAS,  Attendant  to  such  concern,  and in full accord with its
long-standing traditions, this  Legislative  Body  is  justly  proud  to
memorialize  Governor  Kathy  Hochul  to  proclaim February 15, 2024, as
National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day in the  State  of  New
York; and

  WHEREAS,  The  National  Association  of  School  Resource  Officers
(NASRO) is dedicated to making schools and children safer  by  providing
the  highest-quality  training to school-based law enforcement officers;
and

  WHEREAS, These sworn law  enforcement  officers  fill  a  three-part
role,  serving as informal mentors or counselors, law educators, and law
enforcement officers to support the students and communities they serve;
they are valuable and essential members of the education  community  who
deserve unwavering respect and support from the public in the pursuit of
keeping schools and students safe; and

  WHEREAS,  By  training law enforcement officers to counsel, educate,
and protect school communities, the members of NASRO  continuously  lead
by  example  and  promote  a positive image of law enforcement to school
children and school communities; and

  WHEREAS, SRO programs across the globe are founded as  collaborative
efforts   by  police  agencies,  law  enforcement  officers,  educators,
students, parents, and communities to create safe learning environments,
provide valuable resources to  school  staff  members,  foster  positive
relationships  with students, and develop strategies to resolve problems
that affect youth with the goal of protecting all children so  they  can
reach their fullest potential; and

  WHEREAS, School resource officers are valuable and essential members
of  the  education  community and deserve unwavering respect and support
from the public in the pursuit of keeping  schools  and  students  safe;
now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That  this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to  proclaim  February  15,  2024,  as
National  School  Resource  Officer Appreciation Day in the State of New
York; and be it further

  RESOLVED, That copies of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted  to the Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York.