Fayetteville Renews School Police Contract After Clash Over Transparency
The Fayetteville City Council approved providing 18 police officers and 66 crossing guards to public schools despite questions about whether the school resource officer program has ever been properly evaluated.
Meeting of local government officials yields few answers as renewal date for SRO contract looms
The three-ring circus surrounding who will provide school resource officers to Cumberland County Schools continues, as elected officials and administrated leaders butted heads over the future of SRO coverage at a joint city-county meeting Tuesday.
Cumberland County Board of Commissioners to return School Resource Officer budget to general operating fund
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that the county pulled funding earmarked for the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, not the school system. CityView apologizes for the error. Cumberland County will no longer include money earmarked for school resource officers (SROs) and crossing guards as part of the county’s funding for the Cumberland…