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Yorkville revamps school resource officer role, including in rapid law enforcement situations · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Yorkville revamped school resource officer role, including in rapid law
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  Speaker 1: enforcement situations. Written by Joey Weslow, this article is being
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  Speaker 1: Serving as the police lisas on inside schools and intervening
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  Speaker 1: in behavioral and criminal incidents, the school resource officer plays
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  Speaker 1: a pivotal role in student safety. Following recent state law
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  Speaker 1: changes to school resource officers, an agreement has been achieved
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  Speaker 1: between the City of Yorkville and the Yorkville School District
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  Speaker 1: one point fifteen. The agreement needs to be officially approved
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  Speaker 1: by the school board by July first, when the changes
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  Speaker 1: must be implemented. The Yorkville Police Department currently provides one
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  Speaker 1: full time school resource officer to cover the school district,
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  Speaker 1: based mostly at Yorkville High School. Deputy Chief Garrett Carlisle
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  Speaker 1: previously said school resource officers undergo a lot of specialized
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  Speaker 1: training to keep current with the best practices in engaging
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  Speaker 1: with students. Most of the job is about educational relationship
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  Speaker 1: building with our students and the school staff, such as
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  Speaker 1: safe driving practices and instructing on the dangers of drugs
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  Speaker 1: and alcohol at that young age. Carlisle said. The officer
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  Speaker 1: steps in if someone brings contraband into school, if a
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  Speaker 1: fight breaks out between students, or if there are disciplinary
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  Speaker 1: issues that rise to a criminal nature. But mostly we
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  Speaker 1: are building relationships with law enforcement and helping put a
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  Speaker 1: face to our department, Carlile said. The officer also serves
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  Speaker 1: as a liaison between the police department and the schools
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  Speaker 1: to promote strong communication to safely handle any potential situation.
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  Speaker 1: The new agreement, submitted to the city by Police Chief
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  Speaker 1: James Jensen, was approved by the city Council during its
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  Speaker 1: May twelfth meeting. Rapid Law Enforcement Response. Under the new agreement,
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  Speaker 1: there is expand responsibilities for the school Resource officer to
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  Speaker 1: participate and advise in the school district's threat Assessment team.
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  Speaker 1: The crisis response plan includes a layout for law enforcement
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  Speaker 1: to rapidly enter school buildings in the event of an
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  Speaker 1: emergency like a school shooter. According to city documents. Within
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  Speaker 1: the agreement, the district and the police department must establish
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  Speaker 1: an emergency law enforcement response plan. This involves studying the
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  Speaker 1: district's buildings and conducting training exercises outside of in session
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  Speaker 1: school hours. This gives us the opportunity to learn the
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  Speaker 1: buildings so our response can be more efficient and thorough,
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  Speaker 1: Jenses said in city documents. The agreement further states that
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  Speaker 1: a student must not be issued a monetary fine, fee, ticket,
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  Speaker 1: or socitation as a school based disciplinary consequence, or for
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  Speaker 1: a municipal code violation on school grounds during school hours
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  Speaker 1: or while taking school transportation. However, separate conduct rules apply
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  Speaker 1: for responses to delinquent or criminal conduct, or for traffic violations.
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  Speaker 1: Each month, a district staff member and the student resource
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  Speaker 1: officer must meet to review and confirm documentation of any
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  Speaker 1: referrals of students provided by the school resource officer to
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  Speaker 1: law enforcement. Students with disabilities. One of the state's changes
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  Speaker 1: is a stronger emphasis on interactions between officers and students
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  Speaker 1: with disabilities. The new statue says specific training must be
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  Speaker 1: included on working with students with disabilities to ensure interactions
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  Speaker 1: support their educational and behavioral needs. Under the agreement, this
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  Speaker 1: city must provide the district proof of certification and renewal.
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  Speaker 1: Jensen said this specific training should be included in the
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  Speaker 1: mandatory training provided by the state for school resource officers.
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  Speaker 1: Our current school resource officer has completed the forty hour
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  Speaker 1: crisis Intervention training, which I believe would cover this, Jensen
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  Speaker 1: said in city documents. The department's Crisis Intervention Team was
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  Speaker 1: established in twenty twenty one. The program trains officers how
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  Speaker 1: to approach individuals facing mental health troubles, substance addiction, and
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  Speaker 1: behavioral health concerns. It also trains officers in autism awareness,
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  Speaker 1: LGBTQI plus assistance, suicide prevention, veterans assistance, and senior assistants.
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  Speaker 1: The training also focuses on homelessness prevention, street outreach, and
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  Speaker 1: emergency shelter placement. Under the agreement, the School Resource Officer
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  Speaker 1: program must be evaluated annually by both the district superintendent
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  Speaker 1: and the Chief of Police in consideration of any necessary changes.