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SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER I. Anything set forth herein to the contrary, the school resource officer shall at all times perform his/her duties in accordance with the officer's agency's standards operating procedures. 2. The powers and duties of the school resource officer as a law enforcement officer shall continue throughout the school resource officer's assignment in that capacity. 3. The school resource officer shall be responsible to his/her agency in all matters relating to employment, except that activities conducted by the school resource officer which are part of the regular school instructional program shall be under the direction of the principal. 4. The school officer will be familiar with the operation of audio-visual equipment generally in use in the school. 5. The officer will report in and out when the officer arrives at or leaves a campus as directed by the principal of each campus. 6. When school is not in session, the officer shall perform such duties as are directed by his agency. The principal or his designee shall advise the officer's agency supervisor of the school's calendar. 7. The officer will make contact reports for each student counseled. The contact reports will be filed with the school's guidance department. No students will be contacted during school hours and on the school campus about their suspected criminal activity without notice to the school principal and except in accordance with the officer's agency's standards operating procedures. 8. All student record information will be maintained in accordance with the provisions of 1002.22 F.S. 9. a. The officer will integrate with the students between class breaks, during lunch periods, before and after school and at school activities at which the officer is in attendance in the course of his employment duties; b. The officer will serve as a referral resource for students, faculty and parents to community agencies; c. The officer will serve as a law enforcement resource person to the school administration, the school security officers and the district chief of security; d. The officer will assist the school principal, school security officer and district chief of security in developing plans and strategies for the prevention and control of dangerous situations at the school; e. The officer will coordinate activities with the school guidance department in an effort to identify those students who exhibit indications of early delinquent behavior.