8/8/2013 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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t V I (NEW BUSINESS, cont'd) Sal DiBuono agreed to accept tete assignment of liaison to the Community Preservation Committee. Theresa Cook will be the alternate liaison representative. Joyce Mason will advise the Community nity Preservation Committee of this new assignment. • Transfer Requests Theresa Cook made a motion that the Finance Committee approve a transfer of$25,000 out of the Finance Committee reserve account to the Town of Mashpee Insurance Account to corer an unforeseen insurance cost increase which resulted from a Worker's Compensation n audit received after the May Town Meeting when the FY14 budget was presented and approved. Christopher Avis seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. Presentation by Department Heads Police Chief Rodney Collins re: schools Resource Officer Draft Warrant Article 8 (dated 8107/13) Chief Rodney Collins listed the duties and responsibilitiesof a Schools Resource Officer to include the following: report of any weapons on school property; investigation of any reported suspicious activity; serge as a role model to students; assist the school administration with any acts of violence and/or came; serve as liaison to the police dept. and school; assist the staff with classroom activities involving instruction on various criminal issues; provide primary source of information instruction to students working on individual projects; assist with the security of the school and grounds to sustain the reality that our schools maintain a safe environment; provide the teachers and staff with training on an ongoing basis; act as a resource to parents who hopefully would be involved in alcohol and drug programs, some of which are already in progress. Chief i Collins stated that the only two Cape towns that currently do not have SRO officers are Mashpee and Bourne. � Chief Collins stated that the Police Dept. is seeking approval of funds for the SRO officer pursuant to draft 2 (dated 8107/13), Article 6. The funds will provide for ars additional police officer in the Police Department3 s organization. The SRO officer will work at the school from Sept. through June. During the summer months the SRO will serve as the additional police officer required for adequate police activity coverage. Chief Collins stated that the appointment process will be open to any interested department member; a review process would then be conducted and would ' involve the school in the SRO selection. Dace the assignment decision is made, the SRO will I report to Chief Collins. The SRO will be given specialized and enhanced training relative to school I safety programs. The purpose/goal of the SRO position is to build trust and to foster a relationship with the school committee, staff, students and parents and fostering a relationship by having a uniformed police officer in the school buildings on a dairy basis. it is critical that the SRO communicate with, and be easily identified by, the students and faculty. Chief Collins stated that the knowledge and the skills, the abilities and general duties and essential functions of the SRO are going to be expanded and will be in writing if this position is approved. Chief Collins stated that he has seen the SRO program succeed in other school districts, and also has seen it fail; the key to success is to get the right person who has earned the respect and the trust of the students and faculty; these are the factors that pay dividends. Prevention and intervention are primary goals of the position. Chief Collins stated that under Municipal Training Committee Standards, SRO training by the Police Academy requires a fulitime police officer position assignment. 3