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WWW.PUBDUB.COM boydstreet.com /boydstreetmagazine @boydstreet Cover photo by: Mark Doescher Untitled-2 1 3/21/18 9:06 AM COMMUNITY BY: LINDSAY CUOMO Safety in School Relationships, Commitment at Center of Resource Officer’s Long Career chool safety is at the forefront of “As soon as I got out of the Air Force, Formby and Jason Sanders, the mid- many minds these days, but no I applied with Norman PD,” Formby dle school’s sixth grade assistant Sone thinks about it more than said. principle, identified a select group of Sgt. Joel Formby, a school resource of- sixth grade boys they felt could ben- Formby says it’s easy to misunder- ficer with the Norman Police Depart- efit from some positive interaction. stand what school resource officers ment. Formby spends his days with The Wednesday Warriors meetings actually do. But he sees his role at scores of sixth, seventh and eighth provide a safe environment for the the school in the relationships he has graders at Whittier Middle School. boys to be together, separate from built with the students, school staff their everyday pressures. “I spend my days hanging out with and parents. kids,” Formby said. “I am a parent “We eat pizza, talk about grades and “Often, we are seen as just people with of seven, and I consider myself a dad have community mentors,” Formby guns, but middle school is a real hard that just happens to wear a gun belt. said. “We talk about life skills and the time, and kids today face more chal- When I am on the job, I feel like just boys share about their issues, and I lenges than I did way back when,” another parent in the building. These help them make a plan. We have seen Formby explained. “I want them to are all my kids, and I will do whatev- great results.” er I need to do to protect them.” understand that someone cares for them, and I do all that I can and use all Because the success of the Wednes- Formby has been with the Norman my resources to help them.” day Warriors program and Formby’s Police Department for 28 years, and years of experience, he is now ex- “I have an open-door policy,” Form- most of that time, he has worked as a panding the program to students in by said. “Kids come in my room for school resource officer. seventh and eighth grades, as well. quiet time. It’s a safe spot for them “I am considered the old guy now,” to hang out. They don’t even have to “Students need to come to school and Formby said. “I really enjoy being say anything to me.” be able to focus on school. I think it around kids, and I’ve always felt should be a place to flourish,” Form- From hanging out in the halls and there was a need for police in schools. by said. “It takes a special kind of per- lunch room to sitting in on parent It was an obvious fit for me.” son to be a school resource officer.” – conferences, Formby wants to be a BSM Before joining the Norman Police De- person that students feel they can partment, Formby was in the U.S.