Northern Secondary School students are said to be organizing a protest against the Toronto police School Resource Officer program after a student was arrested on school property last week.

The protest -- which is expected to be held on Thursday -- is being organized by a handful of students and is said to have gotten the support of former Toronto Mayor John Sewell and several Toronto District School Board trustees.

Josh Matlow, the school trustee representing Northern, said he has some concerns with the planned demonstration.

"It hasn't been organized in a way that we can predictably know it's going to be contained," he said. 

Matlow said that he and other school officials have been talking with students about their concerns with the SRO program.

In a letter to parents, Matlow said the school is "committed to having a follow up meeting soon with representatives from our parents, students and staff to have a discussion about the SRO program at Northern, how decisions have been made regarding it and any and all issues related to it."

In an interview with ctvtoronto.ca on Monday, Matlow said he welcomes thoughtful debate on the issue in a way that is more engaging than "people yelling on the street."

"I care very much to hear voices both of support and concern about the SRO program," he said. "Both voices need to be heard but should be done in a way that's thoughtful, respectful and informed."

"If they want to affect change, thoughtful informed discussion is always the way to do it," he added.

Matlow said there is a lot of misinformation about the program that needs to be cleared up.

He stressed that having an officer at the school is not a sign that there are problems in the building. Rather, the SRO program was created to put officers in school across the city in order to build a stronger relationship with the community.

"It's so all youth can have an opportunity to know what the cops are like and vice versa," he said.

Talks of a protest against the program began last week after a video was posted on YouTube, showing a 16-year-old student resisting arrest.

During the incident, the officer repeatedly asks the teen, "Put your hands behind your back," while the teen shouts back, "It hurts man," and "I've done nothing wrong."

The altercation between the officer and the student began when the teen was asked to show identification, proving he was as student at the school. The student did not show identification. The officer then said, "'Let's go to the office,'" but the student resisted. At that point, the officer told the teen to put his hands behind his back.

Police say the officer sustained minor injuries and confirm they later found that the boy did in fact go to the school.

The student involved will be facing charges of assault and resisting arrest.

Toronto Police spokesperson Const. Wendy Drummond said she could not get into specifics as to how the incident started because it is before the courts.

"The video depicts the officer showing great restraint and patience with the now accused," she told ctvtoronto.ca. "It is an isolated incident. This ... officer has made a great connection with the majority of students and is well liked and received."