TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: James V. Capparelli, City Manager
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Resolution Approving an Intergovernmental Agreement with Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 for the School Resource Officer Program
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Joliet and Plainfield School District 202 are creating a School Resource Officer Program to facilitate a positive collaborative relationship between local law enforcement, school administration, educators, service agencies, and parents and students residing within the District 202 community. The requirements for a School Resource Officer pursuant to the attached agreement are set forth in Exhibit B. The goal of the program is to maintain a safe, secure environment, free of violence and fear, which will allow the educational process to occur in a natural and uninhibited manner. The program shall direct increased and focused attention to the prevention of juvenile crime through the positive, proactive involvement of law enforcement personnel, specially trained to work with high school students, in a school setting. The program shall also provide assistance to students and school personnel with response to the prevention of substance abuse, gang activity, violence, and other forms of socially unacceptable behavior that threaten a positive educational environment.
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The Administration recommends the approval of the Intergovernmental Agreement with Plainfield Consolidated School District 202.
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