Stafford County Public Schools, in cooperation with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office, provide the following:

• Campus surveillance to ensure a secure, safe, and clean of graffiti or other gang paraphernalia.
• Staff to visually supervise all school areas.
• In-house and contracted security personnel.
• Sheriff’s Office Deputies work large functions.
• School Resource Officers are at all high schools, full time.
• Digital Video Recording System (CCTV’s) installed at all schools with ongoing contracted enhancements.
• Sheriff's Office provides random inspections and drug sweeps with canines.
• Visitors must sign in at all schools/facilities.
• High school students are provided I.D. cards.
• All Stafford County Public Schools contracted staff are provided I.D. cards.
• A school audit is prepared by each school yearly to identify crime conducive areas, which may be receptive to gang or criminal activity.
• All schools are protected with security alarm systems.
• A strong academic mission.
• Effective academic instruction for all.
• Student involvement in decision making.
• Clear rules and consequences governing student behavior.
• Good social behavior rewarded.
• Positive and supportive role models.
• Zero tolerance policy on drugs, weapons, and violence.
• Student and staff training in violence prevention and safety education.
• School counselors in all schools.
• Crisis response team and plan, which includes notifying police, parents, and other authorities during a crisis and communicate with the media.
• Violent and non-criminal incidents reporting procedures.
• School evacuation plan.
• School-centered leadership programs like mentoring.
• School Resource Officer (SRO), conflict resolution, and mediators to resolve conflict instead of suspension, detention, and expulsion.
• Teacher/staff development about gangs and gang interaction and intervention.
• Prompt parent contact at first sign of gang involvement, offering alternatives to dropping out, providing counseling.
• D.A.R.E.