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Santa Rosa City Council approves MOU to relaunch school resource officer program
Summary
After a multi-year review and a 3-by-3 working group, the City Council voted unanimously to approve a three-year memorandum of understanding with Santa Rosa City Schools to reinstate a structured school resource officer program, subject to finding sustainable funding.
The Santa Rosa City Council unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding with Santa Rosa City Schools to resume a school resource officer (SRO) program, the council decided May 2025. The agreement sets a three-year framework for placing SROs on campus and calls for enhanced training, data reporting and clear boundaries between administrative school discipline and law-enforcement action.
The SRO plan was the product of a months‑long review that included a 32‑member community working group and a 3‑by‑3 committee of city and school board representatives. Sergeant Matt Crosby, who served as an SRO and helped draft the agreement, said the program’s mission is to “collaborate with the Santa Rosa School Districts to ensure a safe learning environment, provide valuable resources to school staff and youth, and to prevent and solve…
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