Committee B of the Edmond City Council agreed to forward an interlocal agreement with the Edmonds School District that authorizes the city police to use electronic access fobs for emergency entry.
Commander Michelle Machado presented the item, saying the agreement continues a longstanding arrangement under which the school district provides access devices — historically hard keys and now digital fobs — so officers can respond to locked or inaccessible school areas during emergencies.
The ILA covers 20 fobs to be distributed to mobile-patrol vehicles and to personnel who serve in roles that require access outside normal hours; Machado said distribution is primarily to supervisors and command officers and to other duty assignments as needed. Councilmember Burke and others called the arrangement “straightforward” and praised the police department for participating.
Committee members confirmed there are no city-assigned school resource officers under current duty assignments; Machado said the city does not have SROs assigned to school campuses at this time. The committee reached consensus to forward the ILA to the next available consent agenda.
The presentation emphasized continuity with prior ILAs the city has held for more than a decade and the operational purpose of enabling timely emergency access rather than expanding routine school security staffing.
The committee did not take additional formal actions on related policy changes and did not add conditions to the referral; members indicated the item should move with the consent agenda for full council consideration.