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Committee advances temporary SRO memorandum of understanding to council consent calendar

Tumwater Public Health and Safety Committee · March 10, 2026

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Summary

After the Tumwater Police Department explained a temporary reduction in school-resource-officer (SRO) coverage because of patrol staffing shortages, the committee voted to place the MOU with the Tumwater School District on the March 17 city council consent calendar; staff said the arrangement is temporary and not a defunding of the police department.

Acting Deputy Chief Ken Driver told the committee the department temporarily removed one school-resource officer from schools on Feb. 19 to cover patrol staffing shortages and that even with reassignments the department remains short on patrol staffing.

Driver described the memorandum of understanding before the committee…

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