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Commissioners press district on SRO vacancies and hotline move to ombudsman; auditor access and audit committee raised
Summary
Board members asked for timelines for SRO training and assignment to three schools, and several commissioners criticized moving hotline calls away from the internal auditor to an ombudsman; the board requested the auditor be added to a November work session agenda.
Several commissioners used the Sept. 10 meeting to press the administration on school-resource-officer coverage, hotline routing and internal-auditor access to executive sessions.
Commissioner Lomenac asked why several schools started the year without an assigned SRO and sought the timeline for deputies to complete required training. Administration said SROs are assigned through law-enforcement partners (City of Columbia or Richland County Sheriff) and that coverage plans exist while training and…
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