Title
Resolution Authorizing Execution of Contract With the Guilford County Board of Education for the School Safety Resource Officer Program
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Department: Police
Council District: All
Public Hearing: NA
Advertising Date/By: NA
Contact 1 and Phone: Chief Wayne Scott, 373-2085
Contact 2 and Phone: Stephanie Moore, 373-2352
PURPOSE:
The Guilford County Board of Education and the Greensboro Police Department have contracted to assign School Safety Resource Officers (SRO) to provide law enforcement services for the Board and certain Guilford County school campuses. In return for providing sworn officers to the program, the Guilford County Board of Education will reimburse the City for a portion of the costs. The contract funds seventeen (17) officers for eleven (11) months of the year, for total reimbursement of $1,061,054. The FY 2016-2017 contract is presented to Greensboro City Council in accordance with current city fiscal procedures.
BACKGROUND:
The School Safety Resource Officer program began July 2001 as a collaborative effort between the Guilford County Board of Education and the three jurisdictional law enforcement agencies in Guilford County: Greensboro Police Department, High Point Police Department and the Guilford County Sheriff's Department. The law enforcement officers are assigned to specific schools in which the officers perform their law enforcement duties in coordination with school officials. The Guilford County Board of Education contracts yearly with each agency, providing funding for salaries, training and equipment.
BUDGET IMPACT:
The School Safety Resource Officer contract between the City and the Guilford County Board of Education states the GCSB will reimburse the City for payroll and equipment expenses related to the SRO program in the amount of $1,061,054 in quarterly installments. The additional SRO expenses for those eleven months, approximately $280,500, will be charged to the Police Department. Expenditures and r...
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