BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Mountain Brook Schools School Resource Officer team was celebrated Monday after being named Alabama’s best SRO team for the 2022-23 school year.
The award was given by The Alabama Association of School Resource Officers (TAASRO), and the team was recognized at the TAASRO Safe Schools Conference in Orange Beach Monday morning.
The SRO team serving and protecting those in Mountain Brook Schools include:
- Corporal Glen White
- Corporal Tommy Tanner
- Officer Daphne Horton
- Officer Ro Burrow
- Officer Lance Ziska
- Officer Richard Knecht
In 2018, Mountain Brook Schools Superintendent Dr. Dicky Barlow and the school’s Board of Education collaborated with the city of Mountain Brook to place an SRO on every school’s campus. Mountain Brook SROs have been specially trained to work in a school setting. Today, they received recognition for their work.