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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWaterloo Community School District - 2024-2026 SRO Contract - 7.15.2024SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS' AGREEMENT This Agreement is entered into this 1st day of July, 2024 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 two 2 years. 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 dedicated Sergeant appointed by the Chief of Police. The Sergeant will have the availability to fill in at a school when needed. 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 or training -related items/school supplies. 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. Year one (1) of the contract provide Three Hundred and Ninety -One Thousand and One Hundred and Ninety -Five ($391,195) for the fiscal year, which shall begin on July 1, 2024 and end on June 30, 2025 of the following year. Waterloo Community School District shall make two (2) payments totaling Three Hundred Ninety -One and Ninety -One Thousand and One Hundred and Ninety -Five ($391,195) to the Waterloo Police Department. The first payment due on November 1, 2024 and the second payment due April 1, 2025 of the year subsequent to November 1. Year two (2) of the contract provide Four Hundred and Ten Thousand and Seven Hundred and Fifty -Five ($410,755) for the fiscal year, which shall begin on July 1, 2025 and end on June 30, 2026 of the following year. Waterloo Community School District shall make two (2) payments totaling Four Hundred and Ten Thousand and Seven Hundred and Fifty - Five ($410,755) to the Waterloo Police Department. The first payment due on November 1, 2025 and the second payment due April 1, 2026 of the year subsequent to November 1. b. Provide the School Resource Officer accessible office space, and basic office furnishings including a telephone, desktop 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 at the current officer's time of one and a half rate of pay for each school related phone call/conversation held after normal working hours of the SRO or SRO Supervisor. This will start at a half hour (0.5) minimum up to and including any additional time to address/handle the incident/emergency. Each SRO and the SRO supervisor will allow the Waterloo Community School District to have and use their (SRO's) 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. 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. ATTEST: Kelley Fel.J le, City Clerk STATE OF IOWA ss. BLACK HAWK COUNTY CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA POLICE DEPARTMENT Quentin M. Hart, Mayor On this /err, day o �, 2024, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the �ta 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 Council Acton No. 2-o2N - 125 of the City Council on the IS day of 311 2024, 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. IOWA _ BRITNI C PERKINS COMMISSION NO. 845529 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES JANUARY 27, 2026 hand f.�'jj h- ' . - of Iowa WATERLOO COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT By: Astor Williams School Board President STATE OF IOWA ss. BLACK HAWK COUNTY This instrument was acknowledged before me on this :? day of ,rk, 2024, by Astor Williams, as School Board President, for the Waterloo Community School District. DEB A H JACOBS COMMISSION NO. 708536 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES MARCH 27, 2025 f2 C&( Notary Public in and for the Stake of Iowa