 An SLO is sometimes the only positive experience you have with a police officer. This is someone who's here to help. Without the program there would be many, many, many situations that would have ended up quite differently than how they did. Every day I go to school I know I'm going to be safe because I have that police officer there. I mean no, in some situations you can't go to your counselor. There's got to be a human element to the story and I think that when they brought that image in the kids started to relax and they started to see policing in a whole different way of light. I get to connect with kids in a positive and meaningful way. It gives a connection to law and to police officers in a way that doesn't seem intimidating. My relationship with the school liaison section started for me at a very young age. As offered kids important choice and opportunities that might not have otherwise. It's like safety a lot to me because dealing with like fights and stuff and I feel like principals and teachers can't really deal with that. The school liaison offers presence. Proactive prevention, community engagement. I started to make choices that led me down a path to becoming a full-patch member of the Hells Angels. If I'm getting bullied online. I receive some threats. I'm involved with the wrong group of people. If I go to my liaison officer then I can have someone who knows the kids. And I can tell them certain things which you'll understand like look this crew in grade 11 and he said oh yeah I know these guys we can definitely handle them. They trust in you, they confide in you. Creating safe environments for kids, being a resource, being a mentor. That friendly face in the school who they can trust because somebody from the school calling. How can you measure that? Well right here. Right here. An SLO is a social worker, a friend, a mentor, a teacher, somebody who you can depend on. Somebody who's going to be always there for you no matter what. Because of the meaningful relationships that you build with kids you know that you're making a difference. She's there when nobody else was. I actually ended up wearing the same prom dress that she wore to her prom. This is an opportunity for you to build a connection and friendships through trust and respect. I think if the SLOs were no longer a part of school. If they weren't there I mean there would probably be a lot more violence. I think there will be more fights and stuff. When a police is in your school you're not going to want to like have a fight right in the middle of the hallway. This is a very important and vital role. I mean if that doesn't happen. I'd be dead. Bottom line. Saved my life. Saved my life. My name is Sergeant Jason Robillard and I'm one of two sergeants currently assigned to the school liaison unit. The SLO program is a pretty personal meeting for me. As a police officer it's something I always strive to be as working with youth. When you look back at your legacy as a police officer you get an opportunity to work in all kinds of places. This has definitely been one of the most rewarding. It's amazing the impact and how many youth and children, you know, lives that our SLOs can touch. And we're part of the community and we all want to be working with youth. That's what we need to do here. Very carefully look at the program instead of just destroying it all together. We have proudly and passionately served and supported the Vancouver School community since 1972. We continue to enhance the safety and security of all Vancouver schools. We are fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts, coaches and mentors. We are law enforcement officers, peacekeepers and role models. We are school liaison officers and we are here for you.