Deadly school shootings that started with Columbine in 1999 forever changed the way police officers across New Jersey, and America, safeguard our schoolchildren. Now, to help schoolchildren rebound from the emotional fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of today’s specially trained school resource officers must evolve again, says John Zebrowski, president of the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police.

New Jersey’s 2,500 police officers who assigned to schools statewide are “on the front lines, ready to assist…