When students walk around the halls on their way to class, they often see Student Resource Officer David Anderson watching them go by. But rest assured, this strong, tattoo-armed man protects each and every one of Eagle High’s students every day. With 23 years under his belt, Anderson is a highly skilled SRO and continues to strive to keep undergraduates from harm and making poor decisions.
Before coming to Eagle High’s campus, Anderson had an extraordinary path into his career in law enforcement. He had originally wanted to be a fireman, and he had been a bartender before becoming a cop. As a bartender, Anderson often had police patrons and gym acquaintances who were cops. Many of them encouraged him to undergo police testing to get on patrol.
“I had a kid on the way, and I had to be an adult. … I thought, ‘what the heck,’ when they kept telling me, ‘go test, go test, go test’. I didn’t think I’d ever get it,” Anderson said. He applied to the Los Angeles Police Department, which is a notoriously difficult job to attain…