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Gilroy police and trustees discuss school resource officer program, evaluation and prevention priorities
Summary
Police and school board trustees reviewed the SRO program: two officers, a therapy dog and a year-to-year MOU. Trustees pressed for annual, systematic evaluation and discussed whether prevention programs should shift funding from SRO staffing.
Gilroy Police and Gilroy Unified trustees discussed the school resource officer (SRO) program at the joint meeting, with trustees pressing for clearer evaluation metrics and stronger prevention investments alongside the police presence.
Captain Juan Rocha said the department currently assigns two SROs under a year-to-year memorandum of understanding with the district. He named Officer Estela Rocha as the SRO primarily assigned to Gilroy High School and Officer Dustin Nodell as the SRO assigned to Christopher High School; Officer Nodell began SRO duty in 2022. The department recently added a therapy dog,…
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