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Westchester Police Offer School Safety Training Westchester Police Offer School Safety Training
Westchester Police Offer School Safety Training As part of the Westchester County Police’s ongoing initiatives to safeguard Westchester’s schools, the County Police will once again be holding a series of training classes and exercises this school year for educators and first responders from police, fire and EMS agencies. Training will be conducted at the Westchester County Police Academy in Valhalla, at individual schools through presentations and drills, and at seminars that bring together educators from across the county.  Through similar events and exercises held in recent years, the County Police have trained hundreds of first respon…

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by Jon Craig
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Three Northern Westchester Districts Will Get School Resource Officers Three Northern Westchester Districts Will Get School Resource Officers
Three Northern Westchester Districts Will Get School Resource Officers County Executive George Latimer has authorized the Westchester County Police Department to provide School Resource Officers to the Lakeland, Somers and Hendrick Hudson school districts. Under separate contracts for police services, the school districts will pay the cost of the officers’ salaries and benefits during the school year, while the County will assume those costs during the summer months. Latimer noted that the school districts will be able to enhance school security and student safety during the school year, by having five new School Resource Officers -- or SROs -- in their buil…

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Westchester School Budget Votes: Here's What You Need To Know Westchester School Budget Votes: Here's What You Need To Know
Westchester School Budget Votes: Here's What You Need To Know This story has been updated. School district voters will face a host of proposed capital projects, school board elections and school budgets on Tuesday, May 15. Nearly half the school districts are close to the state-imposed tax cap on annual spending proposals.  Also popular this spring: Several Westchester school districts are seeking to set up "Capital Reserve Funds," or so-called rainy day funds of up to $10 million, for emergency expenditures.  Two school districts whose budget proposals exceed the cap are Mamaroneck and New Rochelle.  Mamaroneck's school district has grow…

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