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Council renews SRO agreement with Goshen County School District; officer to remain under Torrington Police supervision
Summary
The council approved an updated intergovernmental agreement with Goshen County School District No. 1 to continue school resource officer services (Officer Alex Irons); the district covers most costs and a 15% administrative reimbursement to the city was explained.
The Torrington City Council on July 1 approved an updated intergovernmental agreement with Goshen County School District No. 1 to continue providing a school resource officer (SRO) at Southeast and LaGrange schools.
Chief of Police Matt Johnson explained the agreement updates terms including a maximum of 25 hours per week for the assigned officer to accommodate officer Alex Irons’s outside commitments. Johnson said the district covers the majority of costs associated with providing the officer outside city limits and pays an additional 15% administrative fee to the city to cover payroll administration and other overhead such as training and supervision.
Johnson confirmed the officer remains an employee of the Torrington Police Department when serving as an SRO and operates under department policies and supervision, not under school administrators. He also said the district has agreed to cover vehicle repair costs for a leased vehicle provided through a sheriff’s office arrangement, up to a reasonable extent; very high-cost repairs might not be recoverable under the agreement.
The council approved the agreement and authorized the mayor to sign. The agreement will be reviewed annually; staff said they are a year behind on formal review but are catching up to an annual cadence.
