Faulkner County meeting discusses SRO training and forwards ordinance to Budget and Finance

At a Faulkner County meeting (date not specified), officials discussed School Resource Officer training and placement and voted to forward an ordinance to the Budget and Finance committee.

Meeting participants described plans for SRO certification and on-campus placement, saying Deputy Sullivan — who is already a certified SRO — will train the incoming officer and that training classes are usually held during the summer when school is out. "She will be there with him on campus," one meeting participant said, referring to Deputy Sullivan's role in mentoring the new officer.

The discussion included logistics for covering two campuses that are about 10 minutes apart. One speaker said the county hopes to promote an internal candidate to the SRO position but would recruit externally if no internal candidate is available. Meeting participants also referenced an academy-training timeframe, with one speaker saying a law enforcement officer can have about nine months to attend the academy and complete SRO placement, while other timing details were described imprecisely.

After the staffing and training discussion, a board member moved to forward an ordinance to the Budget and Finance committee. The motion was seconded and approved by voice vote; the transcript records participants saying "aye." The motion was recorded as a referral to Budget and Finance; the ordinance's subject and text were not specified in the discussion excerpt.

The meeting closed after the referral vote. No vote tally or the ordinance number was provided in the transcript excerpt.