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Dalton approves $625,000 SRO agreement with Dalton Public Schools for 10 officers
Summary
The council approved the 2026–27 school resource officer agreement with Dalton Public Schools providing one SRO per school (10 officers) at a stated annual payment of $625,000; staff said the city will cover roughly 46% of the cost under the new split and that 10 officers are already assigned and trained.
Dalton — The Dalton Mayor and Council voted Monday to approve the Dalton Police Department’s school-resource-officer (SRO) agreement with Dalton Public Schools for the 2026–27 school year.
City staff said the agreement provides one SRO for each Dalton Public Schools campus—10 officers in total, including the SRO sergeant—and that Dalton already has 10 SROs assigned and trained for the role. The meeting record states the school system will make an annual payment of $625,000 for the upcoming school year. Staff explained the split works out to roughly a 54/46 division (school/system) with the city covering about 46% of the cost and an estimated favorable budget impact of about $70,000 for the city.
Staff also said the new contract consolidates prior language and new student-privacy regulation changes into a single document to avoid later addenda. (The transcript referenced recent privacy-rule changes; the final agreement includes updated language intended to reflect those requirements.)
A council member moved approval and the agreement passed on a voice vote.
