A bill has been proposed that would mandate a training program for school resource officers but some McHenry County department heads said they already put resource officers through specialized training. School resource officers typically are created as part of a deal between a municipality and the school district. A department generally will assign one of its officers to work out of the school buildings at a district and serve as a first line of defense to resolve conflicts and encourage community-orientated policing. There isn’t a training requirement in place for school resource officers in Illinois.