I work more toward connections and the relationship building,” said Officer Sutera. “My main goal is to have kids not look at me as a police officer they’d see on the street. Officer Sutera shared credit for those programs with his colleagues from the Community Impact Unit, including Officer Joe Parady and Officer Mike Scola, the school resource officer at Gloucester High School.īoth programs have enabled Sutera and other officers to form relationships and bond with students in a way that goes beyond the interactions most people have with patrol officers, and both programs have helped police form relationships with youth. Sutera said the programs he is most proud of are the SRO_Gaming program, in which police officers meet with students online to play video games and bond with students, and the Youth Anglers program, in which police officers take students fishing. A member of the department’s Community Impact Unit, Officer Sutera has worked as a school resource officer at the elementary and middle school levels for seven years now.įor the past two years, he has also served as the handler of Ace, the department’s 2-year-old comfort dog, who accompanies Officer Sutera to numerous school events.
Officer Sutera joined Gloucester Police as a reserve officer in 2005 and became a full-time officer in 2009.
(Courtesy Gloucester Police Department)Ĭhief Edward Conley is proud to announce that the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) has named Gloucester Police School Resource Officer Peter Sutera as the national school resource officer of the year. Sutera has been named national school resource officer of the year by the National Association of School Resource Officers. Gloucester Police School Resource Officer Peter Sutera kneels with his partner Ace, the Gloucester Police comfort dog.
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