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Council OKs training contract with REOC for civilian response action team

5494337 · July 11, 2025
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Council committee approved an agreement with the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center to develop and deliver a new curriculum to train a civilian community response “action team” to respond to certain 911 call types; city staff said the course will be new, run about three weeks and will not be a co-response with police.

The Budget, Finance and Governance Committee voted to authorize an agreement with the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center (REOC) to create and deliver a new training curriculum for the city’s civilian response action team. The committee approved the item by voice vote; no mover or seconder was recorded on the committee transcript and the motion carried.

The contract covers development of a new curriculum, city staff said, not an off‑the‑shelf course. “The entire curriculum will be new, but they have had experience of doing those trainings in the past,” said Angela, Office of Financial Empowerment staff, referring to REOC’s prior…

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