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Commissioners approve school resource officer MOUs for private schools over one dissent
Summary
The board approved memoranda of understanding to provide School Resource Officers to several private schools; the motion passed 2-1 after discussion about reimbursement percentages for officer time.
Oklahoma County commissioners approved memoranda of understanding to provide School Resource Officers (SROs) at several private schools on Feb. 25 after a split vote.
Commissioners discussed the longstanding partnership with the Archdiocese and expansion of SRO coverage to additional private schools. Staff said the agreements reimburse the county for a percentage of deputy time while deputies are assigned to the schools; the exact reimbursement percentage was not specified in the meeting transcript.
One commissioner asked whether the county was subsidizing security at private schools and pressed staff on the reimbursement level. Staff replied that the contracts pay deputies for time while they are on duty at the school and that some classrooms or sites remain 100% covered by the school. The discussion included named schools appearing in the agenda list (for example, St. Philip); the transcript included multiple private-school references but did not provide a complete list of schools or percentages for each MOU.
A motion to approve the MOUs passed 2-1. The board did not record a detailed roll-call vote in the transcript.
Next steps: staff will execute the MOUs and implement the reimbursement arrangements described in the agreements.
