Hot Report: Memoranda of Understanding and School Resource Officers

OLR Report 2014-R-0103 answers the question: Of the Connecticut public school districts that have school resource officers (SROs), how many have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) or agreement (MOA) with the local police department that employs the SRO?

Since SROs are employees of local police departments, OLR surveyed 21 departments that listed SROs on their websites.  We also reviewed testimony to the Judiciary Committee on SB 54 (An Act Concerning Collaboration between Boards of Education and Law Enforcement Personnel) that indicated two other departments have SROs.

The survey responses and testimony from 14 of these departments reveal that as of the date of this report:

1. eight have a signed MOU with the school district,
2. three are in the process of drafting an MOU, and
3. three have no MOU or draft in progress.

For more information, read the full report.