Saline Area Schools is getting a new resource officer from the Saline Police Department. Saline City Council voted five to one to create a new police officer position starting July 1, 2023.
SAS already has a school resource officer from Pittsfield’s Department of Public Safety, who focuses on the high school. Saline’s officer will focus on protecting the elementary school. The district covers the jurisdiction of both departments.
“Liberty School is an area of need with our alternative high school there, as well as the middle school, which is where I think faa lot of the [special resource officer’s] time would be spent. But we also miss that presence at the elementary schools as well, from an educational standpoint,” Curt Ellis, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources at Saline Area Schools, said.
The plan is for Pittsfield’s SRO to continue providing security and…
