School Resource Officer Trainer/Police Officer (Ret.)
National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) - Lower Gwynedd Township
Lansdale, Pennsylvania, United States
Dr. Beth J Sanborn is the School Safety Coordinator for Montgomery County (PA). Prior to that she joined the Lower Gwynedd Police force in 1997 and served as a Patrol Officer. In 2015, she served as her department’s first School Resource Officer (SRO) and assumed responsibility for all juvenile cases, earning her the rank of Juvenile Detective until August 2022. Beth proudly retired from policing in September 2023.
Beth serves as a Senior Advisor for Drift Net Securities, volunteers as Co-Chair with the Montgomery County Office of Children and Youth Citizens Advisory Committee; and Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center.
Beth sits on the executive board of the Pennsylvania Association of School Resource Officers, and is an instructor for the National Association of School Resource Officers.
She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice and Sociology from Widener University; her Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice from St. Joseph’s University; and her Doctoral Degree in Public Administration from West Chester University. Her Doctoral dissertation is entitled “School Resource Officers as Mentor/Counselors, Including Levels of Intervention”.
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