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Arkansas Center for School Safety

Do you work on a K-12 campus in Arkansas?
The Arkansas Center for School Safety (ACSS) provides education, training, resources, and technical assistance to Arkansas educators and law enforcement professionals to assist them in providing our kids with a safe environment to reach their academic potential.

Through a partnership between the Criminal Justice Institute and the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), a comprehensive catalog of basic and specialty school safety training courses are available to both law enforcement and school personnel, including administrators, teachers, staff, counselors, and school security officers. The ACSS utilizes both classroom-based instruction and practical, hands-on application in a variety of topics that increase knowledge and skills related to school safety issues.

A sampling of topic areas include professional development for school resource officers, safety and crisis planning, active shooter response, drugs on campus, gang awareness and intervention, and bullying awareness and prevention. There are no registration fees for ACSS classes, which allows educators to earn professional development hours at no cost to them or their school. In addition to our scheduled classes, CJI accepts training requests from school districts in need of a specific school safety course in their area.

The ACSS website also features a comprehensive list of resources to guide educators and administrators as they implement policies and procedures on their school campus.

For more information about the Arkansas Center for School Safety, contact Vicki French at (501) 570-8098 or vefrench@cji.edu.

If you are a school employee or law enforcement officer involved with a school, please sign up for our SROshare listserv to receive information about our class schedules.

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May 25 - 31, 2022

Basic Mental Health Awareness for Educational Staff Online

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June 01 - 02, 2022

SRO Refresher Course

  • Fort Smith Public Schools Service Center
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June 01, 2022

Youth Mental Health First Aid

  • North Central AR Education Service Cooperative
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June 06 - 09, 2022

School Resource Officer II (Intermediate)

  • Criminal Justice Institute
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June 06, 2022

Basic Behavioral Threat Assessment in Classroom

  • Criminal Justice Institute
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June 07 - 13, 2022

Identifying and Preventing Bullying Online

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June 07 - 13, 2022

Introduction to Active Killer Response for Educators Online

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June 08 - 14, 2022

School Site Safety Assessment Online

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June 08, 2022

Youth Mental Health First Aid

  • Dawson Education Service Cooperative
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June 09 - 15, 2022

School Resource Officer Roles and Responsibilities Online

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June 10 - 16, 2022

SRO Roles and Responsibilities for School Administrators Online

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June 13, 2022

Youth Mental Health First Aid

  • DeQueen Mena Education Service Cooperative
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June 14 - 20, 2022

Introduction to Behavioral Threat Assessment Online

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June 16, 2022

Youth Mental Health First Aid

  • Guy Fenter Education Service Cooperative
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June 17 - 23, 2022

Autism Spectrum Disorders: Law Enforcement Response Online

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June 20 - 24, 2022

School Resource Officer I (Basic)

  • Criminal Justice Institute
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June 24 - 30, 2022

Basic Mental Health Awareness for Educational Staff Online

  • Online
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July 12, 2022

Advanced School Threat Assessment

  • Washington County Sheriff’s Office East Annex
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Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE)

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