Resolution No. 2021-9-16(R): To approve the terms and conditions of an Interlocal Agreement by and between the City of Plano, Texas and the Plano Independent School District for the operation of the Police/School Resource Officer Program; authorizing its execution by the City Manager; and providing an effective date. Adopted

Since 1983, the Plano Police Department and Plano Independent School District have engaged in a partnership to provide police presence in the schools.  The School Resource Officers (SRO) build relationships with the administrators, teachers, students and parents. Additionally, the SROs provide the first line of defense against threats to the campuses as well as investigate criminal incidents.

School Resource Officers are assigned to the three (3) Senior High Schools, six (6) High Schools, eleven (11) middle schools, and the Special Programs facility.  The cost of these twenty four (24) officers, along with two (2) sergeants to supervise the unit, is shared equally between the City of Plano and Plano Independent School District.

It is recommended that the contracts be renewed with Plano Independent School District for the 2021-2022 school year.

Plano Independent School District (PISD) agrees to reimburse the City of Plano Police Department $1,804,464 for 50% of the funding for twenty-four (24) Police Officers and two (2) Sergeants assigned to the School Resource Program at various PISD schools from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022.

Approval of this item will support the City's Strategic Plan Critical Success Factors of being an Excellent, Innovative, and Accountable City Government with Safe, Vibrant Neighborhoods.