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RESOLUTION 5125: AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH TOLLESON UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 214 FOR THE SERVICES OF A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AT ONE SCHOOL CAMPUS DURING THE 2016-17 SCHOOL YEAR
Staff Contact: Debora Black, Police Chief
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Purpose and Recommended Action
Recommendation
This is a request for City Council to waive reading beyond the title and adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with Tolleson Union High School District No. 214 (TUHSD214) to assign one Glendale Police Officer at a select campus to serve as a School Resource Officer (SRO) during the 2016-17 school year.
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Background
SROs were assigned to schools in the Glendale area from 1992-2010. This program was primarily funded through grants received by the school districts and was found to be very effective for both the schools and the Glendale Police Department (GPD). Assigned SROs serve as a liaison between the school and GPD; promoting crime prevention and police/community relations in the school and to other groups that have a potential impact on juvenile crime. The SROs educate the students and school personnel by providing relevant and informative educational programs dealing with peer pressure, child abuse, gangs, drug awareness, and other related issues. The SROs work on campus while school is in session. During the summer break SROs complete duties assigned by the Police Department.
In 2011, due to a lack of grant funding, the assignment of SROs at campuses was discontinued. In 2013, a few school districts, including TUHSD214, were able to locate funding in their budgets and began participating in the program once again. In late June 2014, the School Safety Program Oversight Committee agreed to spend almost $12 million in the upcoming school year on school safety programs to add officers to school sites across the state. Copper Canyon High School, which...
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