Pomona Council, schools to share costs for resource officers

City leaders agreed this week to enter into an agreement with the Pomona Unified School District so both entities could continue the Community School Resource Officer Program.

Both entities will share the cost for the program.

The program had three officers but, due to budget constraints, has been reduced to two, according to a city staff report.

Each entity will contribute $120,655 to the program. The program involves officers providing continuous education to prevent school violence, carrying out the Gang Resistance Education and Training classes and monitoring crime in the neighborhood around schools, the report said.

The funding will be enough to continue the program for the school year ending in June.