EDUCATION / LAW ENFORCEMENT

East Valley school board OKs resource officers, but non unanimously

Andy Brill is one of the Chandler Police Department’s school resource officers. The latest resource officer annual contract between the Chandler Unified School District and the city of Chandler was approved by Chandler Unified’s Governing Board at its Aug. 19 regular meeting, though not unanimously.

Courtesy of Chandler USD

Chandler Unified’s Governing Board will have at least nine school resource officers for the rest of the 2026-27 school year.

The CUSD board’s decision, usually approved without much discussion, wasn’t a unanimous one this time.

Board President Patti Serrano was the lone “no” vote when the board approved a one-year intergovernmental agreement with the city of Chandler for school resource officers at the nine CUSD middle and high schools within the city.

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