24-3447 School Resource Officer Agreement

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school resource supervisor. Additionally, the assigned SRO will also comply with the "Kaia Rolle Act" set forth in Section 985.031 Florida Statutes prohibiting a child younger than seven years of age from being arrested, charged, or adjudicated delinquent for a delinquent act or violation of law, unless the violation of law is a forcible felony as defined in section 776.08, Florida Statutes. In any and all such circumstances, timely notice must be provided to the School Safety & Security Director. AGENCY agrees that it will maintain a policy consistent with this provision. t. The AGENCY may, at the AGENCY's sole expense and discretion, purchase and install one (1) gun safe at any of the schools that are within the AGENCY's scope of responsibility. The AGENCY may arrange for the installation, during non -instructional hours, of a firearm safe suitable for the storage of an AGENCY -issued rifle for use by the SRO. The safe selected by the AGENCY must have the following features: 1. Biometric fingerprint technology that can be controlled by AGENCY without causing SCHOOL BOARD to collect, obtain, or retain information in violation of Section 1002.222, Florida Statutes. 2. Steel deadbolt locking system 3. Fire -rated for a minimum of three (3) hours 4. Anti -pry tabs 5. Tamper-resistant inner edges 6. Eight gauges or heavier wall thickness 7. The safe will be bolted down to the floor U. The AGENCY will ensure that the location selected for any gun safe will be able to structurally support the gun safe and its contents and that any installed gun safe will not be easily removed or tampered with by unauthorized persons. The AGENCY shall be responsible for the cost of the safe, installation, and maintenance of the selected safe. The AGENCY will coordinate with SCHOOL BOARD officials regarding the location and placement of any gun safe so such items may be incorporated into the school's security plan. Further, the AGENCY shall have a written policy/procedure on file with the School Safety & Security Director, that at a minimum, provides for the following: 1. SRO shall not leave their assigned rifle in the safe overnight, 2. SRO will transport the rifle into/out of the school in a rifle case, in a discrete manner daily; and 3. The AGENCY policy will provide that in the event of an active threat within the assigned school, the SRO will not deviate their direct path to the active threat to recover the rifle. If either Party terminates or, at the conclusion of this Agreement, determines that it will not enter into an Agreement for the following school year, the AGENCY will remove such gun safes and restore the premises to their original condition within thirty (30) calendar days from the notification of termination or by the end of the term of this Agreement, which occurs last, or such items shall become the SCHOOL BOARD's property and SCHOOL