From the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO)
The National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) announced that it will present a regional Exceptional Service Award to Officer Scott Gillespie, a school resource officer (SRO) with the Castle Rock Police Department and its 2025 SRO Social Award to Det. Jason Ezell, an SRO with the Lakewood Police Department.
NASRO will present these awards and others on Monday, July 7, during a ceremony as part of its annual National School Safety Conference in Grapevine Texas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.
The Exceptional Service Award recognizes one recipient in each of NASRO’s 10 regions who demonstrates continuous and sustained service to the school community above and beyond that normally expected of an SRO. Gillespie will receive the award for a region that includes Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming.
The SRO Social Award recognizes an SRO for effectively utilizing social media to promote the SRO position, school, and agency.
During the July awards ceremony, NASRO will also present several other awards, including its Floyd Ledbetter National School Resource Officer of the Year Award.
About the NASRO National School Safety Conference
NASRO’s 35th annual National School Safety Conference takes place July 6 through July 11 at the Gaylord Texan Convention Center, Grapevine, Texas. The conference provides opportunities for attendees to learn best practices for SRO and other school safety programs. It also provides networking opportunities to SROs and other law enforcement officers, as well as school security and safety officials, school board members, administrators and anyone interested in school safety.
About NASRO
NASRO is a nonprofit organization for school-based law enforcement officers, school administrators, and school security and safety professionals working as partners to protect students, school faculty and staff, and the schools they serve. NASRO is headquartered in Hoover, Alabama, and was established in 1991. For more information, visit www.nasro.org.