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Commissioners postpone SRO funding changes, seek holistic review of costs and service impacts
Summary
Kootenai County commissioners agreed to keep current school resource officer arrangements for the upcoming year and to evaluate contract funding and service-level impacts in the fall after hearing the school district and sheriff's office.
Deputy Superintendent Seth Denniston of Coeur d'Alene Public Schools and Under Sheriff Brett Nelson appeared before the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 12 to discuss school resource officer (SRO) contracts and funding.
"We view this as a partnership between ourselves and Kootenai County Sheriff's Office," Seth Denniston said. He asked the county for as much advance notice as possible before making significant changes to SRO funding because the district operates on a…
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