Collier Agrees to Provide School Resource Officers
Collier Township has agreed to provide “school resource officers” for the Chartiers Valley middle/high school and primary campuses. Find out when they could being walking the halls of the schools.
Collier Township agreed to provide “school resource officers” for the Chartiers Valley middle/high school and primary campuses, and they could begin walking the halls as early as February. The commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday night to approve a contract with the school district that outlines the roles of the police officers, who commands them and reimbursement to the township. This comes just a week after the township appeared to be taking its time to study the issue despite several area residents urging the commissioners to hire the school resource officers. Township Manager Sal Sirabella said they weren’t far from agreeing to the program, but a variety of factors accelerated the agreement. “It was a lot of work done between the …
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Steelergirl
11:38 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
I'm glad to hear they were able to work out a contract and the officers will be receiving more training! Our children's safety is the most important thing here and as a parent of children at the high school and primary school i'm happy to know the officers may be there as soon as February. more ›