City Council to Vote Again on School Police Budget
The mayor of Havre de Grace proposes reallocating $63,200 in property taxes to allow for two officers in schools from March to June.
The Havre de Grace City Council will vote on budgeting for police in city schools for the second time in two weeks. A proposal to dedicate two additional police officers in Havre de Grace schools passed at the council's Jan. 7 meeting. It effectively doubled the city's school resource officer force, as there were two such officers in 2012 and there are four in 2013. "My intention is to reassure our parents and strongly discourage any misguided attempt to garner publicity while recent events capture our nation’s attention," Havre de Grace Mayor Wayne Dougherty wrote of increasing police presence, weeks after the Dec. 14 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. "The matter has captured national attention, and the safety …
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