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Council authorizes interlocal agreements to continue school resource officers after heated objections
Summary
Council approved two interlocal agreements to keep Irving police officers as school resource officers with Irving ISD and Carrollton‑Farmers Branch ISD after debate about cost and whether districts should fund officers; votes on the measures were 6–3.
The Irving City Council voted to continue interlocal agreements placing Irving police officers in school districts as school resource officers (SROs) during the July 31 meeting.
Council discussed two separate interlocal agreements: one with Irving Independent School District (Item 5) and one with Carrollton‑Farmers Branch ISD (Item 6). Councilmember Mark (speaker 23) opposed the Irving ISD…
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