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Number of school resource officers, number of schools, and the number of schools with school resource officers, by full– and part–time school resource officer status: 2003–04 through 2009–10

 
Characteristic     2003–04   2005–06   2007–08   2009–10  
School resource officers     34,000   36,700   46,100   40,200  
Full–time school resource officers     16,100   19,400   24,500   21,100  
Part–time school resource officers     18,000   17,300   21,700   19,100  
                     
Schools1     80,500   83,200   83,000   82,800  
Schools with school resource officers     26,000   26,900   29,400   25,700  
Schools with Full–time school resource officers     13,900   15,700   15,900   14,700  
Schools with Part–time school resource officers     15,700   14,900   17,000   13,000  
1 Detail may not sum to totals because schools that reported both full-time and part-time school resource officers are only counted once in this total.
NOTE: Detail my not sum to totals because of rounding. School resource officers includes all career law enforcement officers with arrest authority, who have specialized training and are assigned to work in collaboration with school organizations. In 2003–04, schools reported on school resource officers present at their school on a regular basis. In 2005–06, 2007–08, and 2009–10, schools reported on school resource officers present at their school at least once a week. The number of school resource officers includes both full– and part–time school resource officers. The number of schools with school resource officers is defined as those schools providing a non–zero response to the count of school resource officers question (question 9b).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2003–04 through 2009–10.