Pinellas Park Police Department - School Resource Officers

The philosophy of the SRO program is to fulfill specific different roles to achieve the desired outcome. Teacher, Counselor, and Law Enforcement Officer.

The SRO is placed within the educational environment and is involved in a variety of functions mostly aimed at prevention. The SRO Reviews all cases involving students and helps to determine the best course of action to prevent the action from reoccurring. The SRO is not the school disciplinarian. With a high profile presence in the school, the SRO is easily recognizable and is an approachable resource for students.

Officer Tippett

Officer Lane

The current School Resource Officers are Officer M. Lane who is assigned at Pinellas Park High School and Officer J. Tippet who is assigned at Morgan Fitzgerald Middle School. Officer Lane has been employed with the department for 5 years and Officer Tippet has been employed with the department for 8 years. Both officers have received special training in the area of education and SRO.