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The city should review how
much the Lake Tahoe Unified School District is paying it
for police services, South Lake Tahoe Councilman Bill
Crawford urged at Tuesday's city council meeting.
Under a contract with the city, the school district pays
about $34,000 per year for a school resource officer.
The amount equals about half the officer's salary for
the nine months school is in session, according to
Police Chief Terry Daniels.
The school district's cost for the resource officer was
a "cut-rate price" for an "excellent service," Crawford
said at the meeting.
Crawford said he spoke to police and learned the
department responded to 571 events at the district's
campuses in 2007.
Of these responses, 104 resulted in police reports,
Crawford said.
The resource officer is used to respond to incidents at
all the district's campuses when possible, according to
Daniels.
A breakdown of how many times the school's resource
officer was used to respond to these incidents was not
immediately available, Daniels said.
While saying the school district's contract could be
reviewed by the city council when it expires in June,
Daniels noted the importance of keeping an officer
assigned to the schools.
"The safety of the schools is a high priority for us,"
Daniels said.
Lake Tahoe Unified School District declined to comment
without further information about Crawford's comments,
according to Angie Keil, assistant to Superintendent
James Tarwater.
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