For a number of years, the City has provided the services of a school liaison officer throughout the entire school day for the school year to be placed in various school buildings. This agreement would provide one police officer to serve as a school liaison officer at the high school. The police officer serving in the role as a liaison officer is provided office space within the assigned school and is considered part of the police department day shift reporting to a Day Shift sergeant at the Battle Creek Police Department. This liaison officer will report to the high school principal and the assistant superintendent for personnel and administration.
The liaison officer duties are as follows:
1) Interact with students of the assigned secondary school in an attempt to build rapport;
2) Identify students who have anti-social attitudes and who tend to disrupt the learning environment; and
3) Investigate criminal activity on school property and take appropriate actions up to and including arrest.
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