Detective
Phoenix Police Department
Detective Kelly Barnes is a dedicated facilitator for the LRE academies. He is always willing to accept multiple requests during the training season, as his busy schedule allows. He not only provides insight into the lessons being developed to ensure they are user friendly but also diligently verifies facts and interpretations of the law included in each lesson. Detective Barnes understands the challenges of being a school resource officer and provides his support and encouragement with the transition from patrol officer to school resource officer. He shares his experiences as an SRO and invites other officers to share their success stories too. While facilitating an academy, Detective Barnes creates a fun and interesting atmosphere, conducive for acquiring knowledge and skills to effectively implement LRE in the classroom. Detective Barnes is a dependable and reliable LRE Academy faculty member and the Foundation is very thankful to call upon him!
