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Forest Grove SRO reports 273 calls in first 50 school days; staffing limits strain proactive work
Summary
Officer Von McBee told the district board that from Sept. 4–Nov. 26 the Forest Grove schools logged 273 calls for service, 166 assigned to the SRO; he described time‑consuming investigations, reliance on patrol backup, and constrained capacity that limits classroom education and proactive outreach.
Officer Von McBee, the school resource officer assigned to Forest Grove School District, told the board on Dec. 10 that the district recorded 273 calls for service between Sept. 4 and Nov. 26 and that 166 of those calls were assigned to him. "I've been able to respond to 166 of those calls," he said, adding that the remaining calls were handled by other patrol officers when he was tied up on investigations or presentations.
Von McBee said the distribution of calls places heavy demand on secondary schools: roughly one‑third of SRO‑assigned calls occurred at the high school, and another third were off campus (home visits, hospital responses or meetings with…
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