Title
Joint resolution approving a Police Services Agreement between the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and the Beach Park School District for the deployment of the Pilot Part-Time School Resource Officer (SRO) Program for the Beach Park School District for the remainder of the 2016 - 2017 school year.
Staff Summary
• The Sheriff’s Office has been working with the Beach Park School District to establish and implement a Part-Time SRO Program.
• The main objectives of the SRO program are to develop a positive relationship between law enforcement and middle school students, effectively deal with juvenile offenses and issues and to protect students and the school from violations of the law.
• This Police Services Agreement establishes the commitment of all participants to support the goals of the SRO Program and defines the role of the SRO.
• SRO working hours shall be 19 hours per week, with the opportunity to increase the hours of the SRO if additional finances become available; additional SRO hours are to be scheduled in advance and paid for via a separate invoice to the school district.
• On a monthly basis, the SRO will compile and present a report that includes information regarding the contacts the SRO has had with parents and students, SRO recommendations to the school regarding changes and enforcement ideas on school policy.
• At least once a year the Sheriff’s Office and the School District will evaluate the effectiveness of the program and, if financially possible, the School District is considering making the SRO a full-time position.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Beach Park School District has determined that it would be in the best interest of the Beach Park Middle School community to enter into a Police Services Agreement with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office for the implementation of a Part-Time SRO Program; and
WHEREAS, the Beach Park School District agrees to share the cost of the SRO and agrees to pay $63.00 per hour; and
WHEREAS, said Agreement formalizes the arrangement regarding the deployment of a Part-time SRO at the Beach Park Middle School for the 2016 - 2017 School Year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Lake County Sheriff’s Office is entering into a Police Services Agreement with the Beach Park School District for the purpose of establishing and operating a Part-Time School Resource Officer (SRO) Program.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on August 9, 2016.