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School cops build rapport with trust, not handcuffs

School resource officer Jesse Hadley laughs with River Ridge High School student Sadie Cummings as she learns the difficulties associated with texting and driving during an exercise in the school parking lot. SROs say that getting to know students helps them relate better. (PHOTOS BY STEVE BLOOM/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

All 16-year-old Alfonso Vela had to do was take nine heel-to-toe steps down a white line, turn to the left, and return to his starting point. Easier said than done while wearing goggles that imitate what it’s like to have a blood alcohol content of 0.2 percent, more than twice the legal limit.

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