GPS has SRO’s assigned to all of our High Schools and Jr High Schools. The United States Department of Justice defines School Resource Officers (SROs) as "sworn law enforcement officers responsible for safety and crime prevention in schools". SROs are typically employed by a local police or sheriff's agency and work closely with administrators in an effort to create a safer environment for both students and staff.

The responsibilities of SROs are similar to regular police officers in that they have the ability to make arrests, respond to calls for service, and document incidents. SROs typically have additional duties, including mentoring and conducting presentations on youth-related issues.

GPS has Security Officers assigned to all of our High School and Junior High School campuses. We also have roving Security Officers assigned to our elementary schools. These elementary Security Officers all have prior law enforcement experience and will be making random daily visits to all of our elementary schools. 

All of our Security Officers are uniformed in bright uniforms for easy identification.