Submitted By: Angy Scroble / Susan Dobson
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Presentation By: Angy Scroble
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Department: Police
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Approve the second amendment to the agreement with the Marion County School Board for the School Resource Officer Program with receivables of $1,687,330
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Quality of Place
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
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BACKGROUND:
The School Resource Officer Program assigns a school resource officer (SRO) to work closely with the school principal and staff to develop plans and strategies to prevent and minimize dangerous situations that may result in student unrest. They make referrals to community agencies for students and staff as needed as well as provide educational counseling and law enforcement as needed and warranted.
Pursuant to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act (SB 7026), the Marion County School Board and the City of Ocala have drafted an agreement to assign police officers to 16 schools to further the safety and security of students and staff. The Agreement for the School Resource Officer Program ("Original Agreement") was entered into for an initial term of three years on June 28, 2022.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
Under the Original Agreement, the Ocala Police Department assigned one regularly employed police officer to each of the following schools: Dr. N.H. Jones Elementary School, College Park
Elementary School, Eighth Street Elementary School, Madison Street Academy School, Oakcrest
Elementary School, South Ocala Elementary School, Ward-Highlands Elementary School, Wyomina Park Elementary School, Fort King Middle School, Hillcrest School, Howard Middle School, Marion Technical College, Marion Technical Institute, and Osceola Middle School; and two (2) regularly employed police officers each to Vanguard High School and West Port High School.
On August 23, 2024, City Council approved the First Amendment to the Original Agreement which incre...
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