Utah Code Title 53G. Public Education System--Local Administration § 53G-8-702. School resource officer training--Curriculum

(a) work in conjunction with the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice created in Section 63M-7-201;

(b) solicit input from local school boards, charter school governing boards, and the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind;

(c) solicit input from local law enforcement and other interested community stakeholders;  and

(d) consider the current United States Department of Education recommendations on school discipline and the role of a school resource officer.

(a) childhood and adolescent development;

(b) responding age-appropriately to students;

(c) working with disabled students;

(d) techniques to de-escalate and resolve conflict;

(e) cultural awareness;

(f) restorative justice practices;

(g) identifying a student exposed to violence or trauma and referring the student to appropriate resources;

(h) student privacy rights;

(i) negative consequences associated with youth involvement in the juvenile and criminal justice systems;

(j) strategies to reduce juvenile justice involvement;

(k) roles of and distinctions between a school resource officer and other school staff who help keep a school secure;

(l) developing and supporting successful relationships with students;  and

(m) legal parameters of searching and questioning students on school property.