School Resource Officer

Overview

Benefits: Health insurance

Paid time off

Wellness resources

Closes: 2/9/2026

Job Title: School Resource Officer

Reports to: Sergeant, Lieutenant, CID

Salary (Grade): D.O.E.

Status: Reg. FT(Non-Exempt)

Location: Winnebago Police Department, Winnebago NE.

Job Purpose & Position Overview

Under the direct supervision of the Lieutenant, the SRO is responsible for providing law enforcement services to the citizens of the Winnebago Tribe in a timely, efficient and professional manner. Often working alone, the SRO must exercise independent judgment and discretion acting decisively during times of crisis and emergency. The SRO provides law enforcement and crime prevention functions, as well as involvement in school related activities and functions in the Winnebago School System, as a member of the Winnebago Police Department.

The SRO may be required to work a rotation of various shifts as assigned, to include night, day, evening, holiday, and weekend hours with availability for call out on a twenty-four hours’ basis.

• Demonstrates the Winnebago Tribe’s core mission, vision, and values.
• Enforce laws and ordinances.
• Investigate misdemeanor and felony crimes.
• Arrest offenders of the law.
• Respond to assistance requests from school staff regarding incidents included in job description, medical, and other emergencies.
• Assist in developing law related curriculum.
• Maintain order and interact with students and staff in a school setting.
• Perform any and all necessary law enforcement functions, including arrest, courtroom testimony, and crime investigation and prevention.
• Prepare a law related education curriculum and present lessons to students.
• Attend conferences with faculty, parents, and students when requested.
• Assist other law enforcement and court services personnel in connection with this position.
• Assists with the development and presentation of public educational programs and strives to maintain good public relations.
• Maintains personal police equipment.
• Performs a wide variety of law enforcement, crime prevention, and special duties or units as assigned.
• Operate and maintain department issued firearms.
• When working in the school resource officer capacity, the officer will be assigned duties consistent with the functions as a Winnebago Tribal Police Department officer and duties contained within the Patrol Officer job description.
• Other duties as assigned.
• The duties listed are only an illustration of various types of work performed. The omission of the specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the process.

• Typical
  
  Skills and Abilities
  
  Include (but not limited to):
• Ability to rapidly acquire and demonstrate basic working knowledge of modern approved principles, practices, and procedures of police work within appropriate period of time
• Effectively and efficiently execute verbal and written instructions, comply willingly with such rules, regulations, procedures and policies
• Effectively and efficiently perform duties and deal with individuals under stressful conditions, including those involving physical violence
• Develop and demonstrate skill in the use of firearms, emergency vehicle operation, first aid, and other police related activities
• Maintain acceptable level of physical fitness and stamina to physically apprehend and restrain criminals/suspects while resisting arrest
• Safely operate police vehicles in accordance with traffic laws and police policies
• Operate computers in the processing of reports, records and documents; and ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Maintain knowledge, skills, abilities, and expectations contained within the Patrol Officer job description.
• Additional
  
  Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of school campus policies and procedures
• Effective public speaking, interpersonal communication and organization
• Ability to effectively build rapport with school age children and teenagers
• Negotiation and persuasion
• Observation, perception, and reasoning
• Computer skills
• Conduct thorough investigations
• Produce accurate reports
• Make sound decisions under stress