Officer John Pelcha is the School Resource Officer.  He is assigned to the main campus of the New Richmond Exempted Village School District, which includes the New Richmond Elementary School, New Richmond Middle School and the New Richmond High School.
     The SRO program places a police officer in the schools with the goal of creating and maintaining a safe, secure, and orderly learning environment for students, teachers, and staff.  The SRO program reflects the community’s desire to ensure that its schools are safe and secure.  SRO’s represent a proactive strategy designed to bring prevention and intervention into the schools.
     The New Richmond PD SRO is on campus daily. The presence of a uniformed police officer provides a deterrent to criminal activity by discouraging unwanted and undesirable visitors on the school grounds or in the surrounding area.