Police Department
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Item # 39
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
February 20, 2024
TOPIC: School Resource Officer Services for the Orange County School of the Arts
AGENDA TITLE
Approve a Three-Year Agreement with the Orange County School of the Arts for School Resource Officer Services in the Amount of $806,127
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Authorize the City Manager to execute a three-year service agreement with the Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA), which provides for the Santa Ana Police Department to staff one full-time School Resource Officer (SRO) to the school, for the period of April 1, 2024 through March 31, 2027 in an amount not to exceed $806,127 (Agreement No.
A-2024-XXX).
GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes
DISCUSSION
On April 20, 2021, the City Council approved a three-year agreement with Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) for the Santa Ana Police Department to provide school resource officer services from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024. OCSA, a public charter school located in the heart of Santa Ana, provides a six-year comprehensive academic and conservatory arts program to approximately 2,300 students, from over 100 cities throughout Southern California, covering grades 7 through 12. The Santa Ana Unified School District Police Department does not provide a School Resource Officer (SRO) on this campus, as this site is a charter school.
OCSA wishes to continue this relationship to enhance the safety of its students and faculty by entering into a new three-year agreement that will allow the Santa Ana Police Department to continue providing SRO services on the OCSA campus. This full-time sworn police officer will be responsible for providing security and crime prevention services in and around OCSA. The SRO will work directly with school administrators, teachers, and students to cooperatively provide law enforcement resources coupled with the mentoring of students and the provision of law enforcement related presentations on youth issues. This agreement provides for full cost recovery of the
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personnel assigned to OCSA, similar to the recently approved agreement with Garden Grove Unified School District to provide SRO services.
The annual not-to-exceed agreement amount of $268,709 covers 100% of salary costs, benefits, and a $25,000 contingency for overtime and unanticipated expenses. The three-year agreement amount is $806,127.
FISCAL IMPACT
The police officer currently assigned as the SRO is budgeted in the Police Department, Field Operations Bureau account no. (01114420-various). The annual estimated cost of an officer is $268,709. Reimbursement revenues received from the Orange County School of the Arts will be deposited in the Police Miscellaneous Reimbursement revenue account (no. 01114002-57402).
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Agreement with the Orange County School of the Arts
Submitted By: Robert Rodriguez, Acting Chief of Police
Approved By: Tom Hatch, Interim City Manager