City of Phoenix, schools working to find other resource officer options as officer shortage lingers

In just a few weeks, students will be walking onto school campuses again, but some Phoenix schools may not have school resource officers (SRO). In a city council meeting last week, councilwoman Ann O’Brien said the City of Phoenix is “dangerously low” on officers. "We are approximately 560 sworn officers short and unfortunately, we don't have the capacity to provide an SRO to every school who is requesting them today,” she said in the meeting.