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Board debates adding school resource officers while preserving safety coaches; principals describe distinct roles
Summary
Division staff proposed adding two school resource officers (SROs) — one each at Monticello and Western Albemarle high schools — to increase law-enforcement presence; trustees and principals debated the program’s scope and whether to cut safety coach positions to pay for SROs.
Albemarle County Public Schools presented a proposal to add two school resource officers (SROs) to place dedicated law‑enforcement personnel at Monticello High School and Western Albemarle High School. Ralph Bradley, director of safety and security, said SROs provide an on‑site law‑enforcement response capability, crisis management support, threat assessment collaboration, training and relationship building with students and families.
Bradley described SRO training requirements — roughly 40 hours of SRO‑specific instruction over a two‑year period in addition to…
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