Post-Uvalde, Osceola agencies focus on extra SRO training, body cameras
The Osceola County school deputies went through fresh training, which instructed them to pursue campus shooters without delay.
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The Osceola County school deputies went through fresh training, which instructed them to pursue campus shooters without delay.
The Osceola County School District task force looking at its on-campus policing program released the latest draft findings ahead of its Thursday evening meeting, where questions will be lobbed at its law enforcement members after they met with the superintendent to discuss armed guardians without notifying them.
At its fourth meeting Tuesday, members of the SRO Citizens Advisory Task Force unanimously agreed to make that recommendation to the Osceola County School District to make investigations into on-campus incidents and arrests more transparent following a January incident at Liberty High School involving a deputy.
According to experts and contracts between Central Florida school boards and the law enforcement agencies with which they partner, the roles of local SROs vary and are often ill-defined. While Florida law mandates some form of armed security be present on campus — with options from police to armed faculty — it mostly leaves the details of that relationship to local school districts.
The rally was held more than a week after Osceola County Deputy Ethan Fournier slammed Taylor onto the concrete, causing her to apparently lose consciousness. Fournier was placed on paid administrative leave while the Florida Department of Law Enforcement continues its criminal probe into the incident.