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Parkland commissioners vow to press school board on SROs after notice to cities
Summary
After Fort Lauderdale and other cities received letters from the Broward County School Board suggesting municipal SRO services may no longer be required, Parkland commissioners discussed sending a joint letter asserting the city wants to retain its school resource officers and expressed concern about transparency, reimbursement levels and potential duplication if the district creates its own police force.
Mayor Rich Walker opened a public discussion after the commission said it had received notice that the Broward County School Board had informed some municipalities they might no longer need municipal school resource officers (SROs). Commissioners voiced concern about transparency, fiscal impacts and the possibility of overlapping jurisdictions if the school district created its own school police force.
Walker said the city wants the school board to know Parkland ‘‘wants their school resource officers in their schools’’…
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