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Council directs staff to pilot school resource officer and explore private security options for schools
Summary
After parents and safety groups urged immediate action, the council directed staff to reassign a special-assignment deputy to function as a roaming school resource officer (SRO) subject to school-district authorization and to pursue an RFP for private security so coverage can be in place by the 2025–26 school year.
Council considered item 6B, a staff report on a school-safety assessment recommending continued exploration of a school resource officer (SRO). Staff noted the city's sheriff contract is measured in 'minutes' of coverage and currently funds several special-assignment deputies, a half position assigned to juvenile investigations, and other units. The staff report said the city…
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