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CURTIS LAVARELLO
Executive Director
Curtis “Curt” Lavarello came to the Coalition with over 25 years in law
enforcement. Curt has served as a patrol officer, patrol supervisor, child
abuse detective and both supervisor and detective of the school resource
officer program. Curt was recognized in 1987 as South Florida’s Law
Enforcement “Officer of the Year”, for his work with the youth of Broward
County, Florida. In 1994, Curt started the first Youth Court Program
for Palm Beach County (FL), which now serves as a national model. Curt was
the founder, board member, president, life member and for 5-years prior to
joining SCoSA,
Executive Director of the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO).
While heading the association, Curt was responsible for increasing
membership to over 16,000 members, and developing partnerships with both
national companies and federal agencies. Curt has traveled extensively
speaking on school safety, school based policing and school terrorism
issues, and has been featured on CNN, Fox News, CBS News and ABC, as well as
heard numerous times on National Public Radio. Curt continues to have an
active role in school safety on the national level, while serving as the
Executive Director of SCoSA. |