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Chief: School Resource Officer agreement with School of Saint Mary follows district framework
Summary
Chief John Burke told the council SRO talks with the School of Saint Mary and the Archdiocese have used the same financial framework as public-school SRO agreements, with a few differences tied to the school's private status; the program is expected to begin before the school year starts.
Chief John Burke summarized roughly eight months of training and discussions with the School of Saint Mary and the Chicago Archdiocese about placing a full‑time School Resource Officer at the school. He said the city's SRO agreements "provided the exact framework" to finish the agreement and that "the financial terms are exactly the same to the public schools," while noting the Archdiocese requested a few differences because the school is a private institution.
The chief said SRO duties will include staff training on run‑hide‑fight protocols, security‑plan development and building relationships with students. He said the city expects to have officers in place within a few weeks before students return and emphasized staffing will be managed by reassigning current personnel where needed and advancing candidates from the CSO pipeline into officer roles as their background checks complete.
