To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Tyler Brown, Sheriff
Prepared By:
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Ken McKlem, Special Operations Captain, Sheriff's Office
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presenter
Presenter: Glenn Thompson, Bureau Chief, Sheriff's Office; Captain Ken McKlem, Sheriff's Office; Tyler Brown, Sheriff
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Subject:
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1:00 PM *Cherry Creek School District Re-appropriation of 2020-2021 Funding and SRO Program Overview
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Purpose and Request:
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The purpose of this study session is to authorize the re-appropriation of the CCSD 2020/2021 funds given to the Sheriff's Office and allow its use as soon as possible.
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Background and Discussion:
Issue #1 - Re-appropriation of 2020-2021 Funds Starting in 2015 and in each year since, the Cherry Creek School District (CCSD) has given some of their surplus funds at the end of their fiscal year (July 1-June 30) to the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) for the stated purpose (by the current superintendent and chief of staff) of using it "to enhance ACSO's ability to respond to incidents in CCSD". They do not mind if it also enhances the ACSO overall abilities to respond to crisis anywhere, as long as it is also applicable to CCSD. However the expectation from CCSD was and is that these funds do not supplant existing budget in order to meet the "enhance" objective of the ability to respond. The check amounts have ranged from $30,000 to $310,000 depending on the year. For the 2020/2021 school year the amount received from CCSD was $310,000. ACSO has always spent this money ethically in accordance with the stated purpose and intent of CCSD for training and equipment that enhances ACSO ability to respond to crisis incidents, especially active threat type incidents that are the greatest worry of CCSD and other districts. ACSO has also used funds for overtime when deputy presence is requested for CCSD functions, sporting events, school board meetings, back to school nights etc. This is in lieu of charging th...
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