REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
August 16, 2018
FROM: JERRY P. DYER, Chief of Police
Police Department
BY: DENNIS BRIDGES, Acting Deputy Chief
Patrol Division
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to adding a Student Resource Officer to the Police Department assigned to Central Unified School District
1. ***RESOLUTION - 3rd amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2018-157 appropriating $137,800 for one additional Student Resource Officer and annual costs for three patrol vehicles for the Central Unified School District. (Requires 5 affirmative votes) (Subject to Mayor's veto)
2. ***RESOLUTION - 1st Amendment to Position Authorization Resolution (PAR) No. 2018-158, adding one Police Officer position to the Fresno Police Department, retroactively effective August 1, 2018. (Subject to Mayor's veto)
3. Authorize the Chief of Police to enter into an agreement with Central Unified School District to provide three student resource officers at 100 percent of actual officer's cost and one sergeant at 10 percent of actual sergeant's cost, plus administrative fees and the patrol vehicle lease costs of three patrol vehicles for an annual total of $433,447.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends City Council adopt the 3rd amendment to the AAR No. 2018-157 appropriating $137,800 for the addition of one Student Resource Officer (SRO) and three patrol vehicles for the Central Unified School District (CUSD). Staff also recommends Council's adoption of the 1st Amendment to the PAR No. 2018-158, adding one Police Officer position to the Fresno Police Department, retroactively effective August 1, 2018. Finally, staff recommends City Council authorize the Chief of Police to enter into an agreement with CUSD for this augmentation of the existing SRO program.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The CUSD, in an effort to provide a safe learning environment for students attending district high schools and middle schools, has agreed to fund three SROs at 100 percent and one Ser...
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