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Safety committee updates: SRO trends stable, district will align emergency terms with local police
Summary
A board member reported stable trends in school‑resource officer calls and said the district will adopt the same emergency‑response terminology used by Sioux Falls and Brandon police departments; crosswalk locations and PSA timing were discussed.
A board member reported to the Brandon Valley School District board Monday that the district’s safety committee reviewed school‑resource‑officer activity and decided to align its emergency‑response terminology with local police departments.
The safety committee met May 28 and reported that SRO responses for the school year ended “on par, if not better,” according to the board member’s report. The committee said it will mirror the terminology used by the Sioux Falls Police Department so that response language is consistent across agencies; the board member said the Brandon Police Department will adopt the same language.
Committee discussion also covered the timing and content of public‑service announcements to reach families, site safety at construction locations, ways to increase family engagement for safety and proposed crosswalk locations at the high school and other places to reduce student risk.
The report was informational; the board took no formal action at the meeting on the recommendations. The board member closed by encouraging continued community engagement on safety matters.
