Westfield Police Department Partnership

Westfield Washington Schools and the Westfield Police Department have a great relationship which has been beneficial to both parties as well as for the safety of our students and community members. In addition to having 5 school resource officers (officers whose full-time post is within the school district), every one of our schools is a police substation, which means any officer on duty, SRO or not, can stop in and get paperwork done and be a presence in the school building.

This school year, Westfield PD made a total of 4,197 visits to our schools, and this is doesn’t count the constant presence of the resource officers. This has led to our principals, teachers and students having great relationships with our local police officers and WPD’s very timely responses in the event that we have a safety situation.

For an idea of the frequency of visits, check out the chart below that shows the amount of WPD visits to our schools in the month of March.

NOTE: Maple Glen has so many more visits than other schools because the municipal gas pump is on their campus. So, officers technically have to “visit” the school to get gas. If you notice the “duration” column, you will see that the time spent is in line with the rest of the elementary schools.

Schools are open for volunteers, lunches and many more opportunities. Anyone who would like to come into our school buildings will need to register with SafeVisitor and do a background check. Check with your child(ren)’s teacher and/or principal for opportunities to visit.

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