Memo Text
The Division of Elementary and Secondary
Education (DESE) Safe Schools Committee and the Arkansas Center
for School Safety (ACSS) have developed a model Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) in accordance with Ark.Code Ann. § 6-10-128(c). This model MOU addresses the required components of an effective School Resource Officer (SRO) Program and shall be used by any district that has an SRO as a basis for an MOU with the local law enforcement
agency, or in the creation of policies and procedures if the school district has an
institutional law enforcement officer program.
Topics covered in the
MOU include:
- financial
responsibilities of each party;
- chain
of command;
- selection
of school resource officers;
- evaluation
of school resource officers;
- training
requirements for school resource officers; and
- roles
and responsibilities of school resource officers,
The model MOU, along with supporting information, can be found on the ACSS website https://arsafeschools.com/sample-mou/ or through the DESE School Safety webpage https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/safety/school-resource-officer-suppoorts
For information or assistance with the model MOU please contact ACSS through Vicki French at vefrench@cji.edu 501-570-8098
or Michael Jenkins at mjenkins@cji.edu 501-570-8072 or DESE through Suzanne Jones at suzanne.jones@ade.arkansas.gov 501-683-5266.
Additional information regarding school safety is available on the DESE School Safety webpage https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/safety.