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ITEM 2.2. Juvenile Liaison Program Funding - Attachment SCHOOL LIASION SUMMARY Elk River Police Department . We currently have two officers assigned to the school liaison program, Officers Eric Balabon and Darren McKernan. They work Monday through Friday, 8-4:00. They are supervised by Sgt. Bryan Vita. . Each officer is assigned an unmarked squad car, has an office here at the PD, and has other special equipment needed for the school assignment including a laptop with wireless connection and a wireless PDA for communication with the State computer. . Beside their normal duties, they teach Project Alert in both of our middle schools. . They also participate in truancy hearings, sit on the Truancy Intervention Program panel, participate in expulsion proceedings, teach drivers education and criminal law classes at the High School, and take part in student counseling sessions. They also sit on the bullying intervention program panel and other panels as requested by the County Attorney or the courts. . They cover all sporting events (football, hockey, some basketball, etc); attend all pep fests, dances and large school events (homecoming parade, homecoming, prom). . They work with Students Against Drunk Drivers and MADD to conduct public safety campaigns during peak accident times each school year. . They conduct all school lock down exercises as required by the State and prepare evaluation reports on same. . They enforce parking regulations at all of the schools. . They investigate (by statute) all incidents of violence, assault or bullying that occur on school busses. . They investigate all crimes or incidents that require police involvement at the schools. This involves the initial investigation ofthe incident, follow-up, and case assembly for charges, arrests or citations as needed. . They are currently responsible for Meadowvale Elementary, Lincoln Elementary, Parker Elementary, St. Andrews, Salk Middle School, Vandenberg Middle School, Ivan Sand Alternative School and Elk River High School. This is a current student population of almost 6,000 students. . With the new school opening up, we will see another 600 students added to that student base, with increases of over 10% each year. . We do plan on adding another officer to the program next year to accommodate the growth and increased calls for service to these liaison officers. . There has been a 34% increase in calls handled by the liaison officers in the past two years.