Have you heard the great news?! The city has made preliminary plans for bringing School Resource Officers back to our schools this year at RHS and RJH! This wonderful news can't be found in the local Reporter or posted in City Hall! It's right "here" in the City of Redmond website!The website Minutes (abridged) from The Council Public Safety Committee meeting on 6/19/08, Chaired by Councilman David Carson state:
"The City Council Safety Committee met on June 19, 2006 and
decided on a well thought out plan to reinstitute the popular School
Resource Officers (SRO) Program! It was decided
that Human Services would work closely with the School Resource
Officers. Weekly meetings between SRO's and Teen Center
staff will take place to discuss current issues, at-risk youth, and
HS programs. Chair David Carson thanked Ms. Kelly (Human
Services) for attending, and concluded that it is a wonderful
thing to have the SROs back in the schools after a year of absence."
THANK YOU, Mr. Carson and your committee (Allen & Vache) for your good works on bringing SRO's and greater safety back to our schools! Certainly, the John Marchione Administration has come a long way in a very short time to rebalance our priorities with our resources; and take the gaming out of budgeting.
Read my old post of 11/16/2006, to see how far we've come from the brash days of using our SRO's (student safety) as a bargaining chip for passing the budget!
To confirm this report, read Mr. Carson's full committee minutes or email Councilman David Carson. The exact number of officers and hours were not reported. As usual, your 'comments' are appreciated.Council President Nancy McCormick and Councilwoman Kim Allen commented.
From Councilwoman Allen -
ReplyDeleteThanks for your interest in this. It was a very productive discussion at the Public Safety Committee about the intersections between these 2 community interfaces. The SRO's are a good start, but I thought we could expand it to patrol as well, because they also have the daily opportunity to see those in need. As one example, the Family Resource Center in Redmond is a wealth of services at one address and for those with mental or physical health challenges, the single location is a huge advantage. If our police and fire personnel are familiar with those resources and\or have a handout to offer, I think we shore up the safety net a little bit more.
- Councilwoman Kim Allen
From Council President McCormick -
ReplyDelete"Glad to see Ross getting the credit he deserves on the SR520 project. I went on to read about the SRO program restoration. In my mind all the credit for that goes to the Redmond voters who approved our public safety levy last fall, and also the PTSA groups who worked on the campaign and contributed financially to the campaign." - Council President Nancy McCormick