Washington Township Police are proud to announce that for the first time ever, we have full time Law Enforcement Officers in Westwood High School, Jessie F. George School and Washington School! Our Officers, are all S.L.E.O III certified(Special Law Enforcement Officer)
Meet Officer Nick who will be at George School!
Meet Officer Tom who will be at Washington School!
Meet Officer John who will be at the Westwood Regional High School!
Please make sure you stop and say Hello to our new Officers!
All of our new SLEO III Officers are Retired Police Officers and have full Law Enforcement power when on duty. These Officers will be in the Schools during the entire school day!
In November 2016 the new Class III SLEO law established a new type of school security personnel. Class III SLEOs will be hired for the explicit purpose of providing security at schools when schools are in session or occupied by students or staff. The Class III SLEO concept was originally developed by the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP), which envisioned the position as an SLEO who would receive additional, specialized training and be assigned to schools. NJSACOP presented the idea to the New Jersey School Board Association’s School Security Task Force and later to the New Jersey School Security Task Force. While making clear their belief that the employment of a school resource officer is the ideal choice if a local board of education decides to institute an armed law enforcement presence in a school, both task forces ultimately endorsed the Class III SLEO proposal and here we are!
