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Severance board hears petition and detailed discussion on funding a full-time school resource officer
Summary
A petitioner urged the board to seek a full-time SRO at Severance High School; town police and school officials outlined the SRO role, training and costs (roughly $60,000/year plus capital/equipment), and the CAB agreed to collect data and possibly advise council on funding and timing.
Residents and school representatives urged the Citizen Advisory Board to recommend that the town and school district pursue a full-time School Resource Officer (SRO) at Severance High School, citing safety, prevention and relationship-building benefits.
Steven, the petitioner, told the board the town should consider whether to fund a full-time SRO and noted an illustrative annual cost of about $60,000 to the town if cost-sharing arrangements change. Chief Ken Chandler and Craig Bergner (Director of Safety and Security for the schools) described the SRO program as threefold: law-enforcement response, public-safety education and informal…
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