HomeMy WebLinkAboutWCSD - School Resource Officer Agreement - 5.3.2021 SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS' AGREEMENT
This Agreement is entered into this _1 st_day of July, 2021 by and between the
Waterloo Community School District, whose address for purposes of this Agreement is
1516 Washington Street, Waterloo, Iowa, 50702 (hereinafter "School") and the City of
Waterloo by and through its Police Department, whose address for purposes of this
Agreement is 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo, Iowa, 50703 (hereinafter "Police").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, School desires to provide positive role models for its students by
having present uniformed Police School Resource Officers (SRO) to three (3) middle,
two (2) high schools and one (1) at the District's alternative school; and
WHEREAS, School and Police endeavor to provide a cooperative effort in
making accessible and responsive SRO to the schools, students, staff, and teachers;
and
WHEREAS, Police desire to participate in this cooperative effort; and
WHEREAS, SRO can and will provide students with a positive alternative to
substance abuse and/or gang activity through the introduction and presentation of the
substance abuse and violence awareness program.
WHEREAS, the presence of SRO in School will allow the prevention and
detection of delinquency among the students through the cooperative education and
preventive measures of School and Police, with the efficacy of a productive learning
atmosphere free of crime, violence, and substance abuse.
WHEREAS, prohibits the SROs from becoming involved in formal school
discipline situations that are the responsibility of the school administrator.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained in this
Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are acknowledged, the parties agree as follows.
A. DEFINITION OF TERMS.
1. Parent: A natural or adoptive mother or father, but does not include a
mother or father whose parental rights have been terminated.
2. Guardian: A person who is not a parent of a child, but who has been
appointed by the court or juvenile court having jurisdiction over the
child, to make important decisions which have a permanent effect on
the life and development of that child, and to provide for the general
welfare of the child.
3. Custodian: A step-parent or a relative within the fourth degree of
consanguinity to a minor child who has assumed responsibility for that
child, a person who has accepted a release of custody, or a person
appointed by a court or juvenile court having jurisdiction over a child.
4. Child: A person under 18 years of age.
5. Taking into Custody: An act, which would be governed by the laws of
arrest under the criminal code if the subject committing the act were an
adult. The taking into custody of a child is subject to all constitutional
and statutory protections, which are afforded an adult upon arrest.
6. Delinquent Act:
a. The violation of any state law or local ordinance that would
constitute a public offense if committed by an adult except
any offense which by law is exempt from the jurisdiction of
the Juvenile code.
b. The violation of a federal law or a law of another state whose
violation constitutes a criminal offense if the case involving
that act has been referred to Juvenile Court.
B. DURATION
1 . The term of this Agreement shall be for one (1) year.
2. Payments. The costs of this Agreement may, at the written request of
either party, be reviewed every year in order to reach a mutually
acceptable agreement.
3. In the event School fails to receive funding for any year, School may
exercise its option to terminate this Agreement by giving at least one
hundred twenty (120) days written notice of that intent to the contact
person in this Agreement.
C. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
1 . The Waterloo Police Department agrees to:
a. Assign six (6) uniformed Police Officers to the Waterloo
Police/Waterloo Community Schools/Police School
Resource Officer Unit. A Supervisor appointed by the Chief
of Police will directly supervise this unit.
b. Provide a police vehicle, uniforms, and related equipment and
ensure that all SROs be carefully selected law enforcement
officers who have received specialized SRO training in the use
of police power and authority in a school environment. Waterloo
Schools agrees to pay up to $1000.00 per officer for training.
c. Pay overtime costs of School Resource Officers required to
attend after-hour school functions at the school to which they
are assigned, other than scheduled events such as: football,
basketball, wrestling, baseball, dances, etc.
2. The Waterloo Community School District agrees to:
a. Provide Two Hundred Ninety Nine Thousand and Eighty
One Dollars ($299,081) for the fiscal year, which shall begin
on July 1, and end on June 30th of the following year.
Waterloo Community School District shall make two (2)
payments totaling Two Hundred Ninety Nine Thousand and
Eighty One Dollars ($299,081) to the Waterloo Police
Department. The first payment due on November 1 and the
second payment due on April 1 of the year subsequent to
November 1.
b. Provide the School Resource Officer accessible office
space, and basic office furnishings including a telephone,
desk top and any other necessary school materials.
c. Provide all drug awareness instructional and hand out
materials at each of the three middle schools. Provide
appropriate curriculum instructional materials to be used in
the Waterloo Community Schools.
d. Arrange for and pay off-duty police officers that are
requested for after-hour school activities (football, baseball,
basketball, wrestling, dances, etc.) at the officer's current
time and a half rate of pay with a two (2) hour minimum.
These events will be filled with officers assigned from the
SRO unit unless other arrangements are made through the
SRO supervisor. The Waterloo Community Schools will be
billed directly for these events by the Waterloo Police
Department once a month, at the officer's current time and a
half rate of pay.
e. For major events defined as Homecoming dance, Prom
dance, and Winter Formal, the SRO assigned to the school
holding the event will be directed to work said event, unless
other arrangements are made through the SRO supervisor.
For these specific events, the SRO and any additional off-
duty officers will be compensated at the officer's time-and-a-
half rate of pay. The Waterloo Community Schools will be
billed directly for these events by the Waterloo Police
Department once a month, at the officer's current time and a
half rate of pay.
f. We (Waterloo Schools) agree to provide de-escalation
training to the appropriate employees, including
Administrators. Additionally, we will provide and pay for
SROs to be part of this same training to increase awareness
of the protocol administrators will use.
g. The Waterloo Community School District will pay $75.00 per
month to each SRO and the SRO Supervisor for a cell
phone stipend. This will occur while school is in session
(August thru June of the following year). Each SRO and the
SRO supervisor will agree to allow the Waterloo Community
School District to have and use their (SRO's) personal cell
phone number for the purpose of communication for school
related business.
3. The Waterloo Community School District and the Police Department
agree that the School Resource Officers shall be selected from
volunteer police applicants through a formal interview process. The
formal interview panel shall include school staff, police personnel, and
community persons.
4. The contact person for School shall be the Executive Director of
Student and At-Risk Services, 1516 Washington Street, Waterloo, IA
50702, (319) 433-1801.
The contact person for Police shall be the SRO Supervisor, 715
Mulberry Street, Waterloo, IA 50703, (319) 291-4340, Ext 3206.
5. The School Resource Officer's area of concern has to do with public
law and its application. The School Resource Officers are not
responsible for enforcement of school policies. The School Resource
Officer is to act as a member of the school's team and report
infractions of school policy to appropriate school personnel.
WATERLOO COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Shanlee McNally
School Board President
STATE OF IOWA )
ss.
BLACK HAWK COUNTY )
This instrument was acknowledged before me on this 12-tv, day of
LVY-i I , 2021, by Shanlee McNally, as School Board
President, for the Waterloo Community School District.
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CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA
POLICE DEPARTMENT
By:
Quentin M. Hart, Mayor
ATTEST:
elley Felchl , City Clerk
STATE OF IOWA )
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BLACK HAWK COUNTY )
On this 3'A day of N` , 2021, before me, the undersigned, a
Notary Public in and for the State of Iowa, personally appeared Quentin M.
Hart and Kelley Felchle, to me personally known, and who, being by me duly
sworn, did say that they are the Mayor and City Clerk, respectively, of the City
of Waterloo, Iowa; that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the
corporate seal of the corporation, and that the instrument was signed and
sealed on behalf of the corporation by authority of its City Council as
contained in the Resolution adopted by the City Council, under Vje-%p�UAN®yZ
No. 7-eZ� — 1IO`\ of the City Council on the 314 day of ��
2021, and that Quentin M. Hart and Kelley Felchle acknowledged the
execution of the instrument to be their voluntary act and deed and the
voluntary act and deed of the corporation, by it voluntarily executed.
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