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DATE:January 6, 1993 <br />TO: <br />SUBJECT: <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />Steve Sullivan, Chief of Police' <br />School Liaison Officer <br />On January 5, 1993 I met with Orono School Superintendent Tom Mich <br />to discuss the establishment of a school liaison program at Orono. <br />Dr. Mich was very receptive to the idea and was willing to have his <br />staff checA into funding for this position. State law allows the <br />school district to special levy for such programs. <br />It should be noted that we do not feel there is a need for a school <br />liaison officer to provide security and safety at our schools. <br />There are no serious problems to be addressed. I want to provide <br />an officer as a resource person to foster a more open and better <br />two wa^ communication between the police and the youth in our <br />community <br />Dr. Mich suggested that we form a committee to look into the needs <br />at Orono for a liaison officer and develop a li st of possible tasks <br />that would be appropriate for this officer to perform. We also <br />need to determine whether this should be a part-time or a <br />full-time position. I think if we look at all of the possible <br />duties that it could easily become a full-time officer position. <br />Dr. Mich and I are in the process of forming this needs-assessment <br />committee to make recommendations back to us. We want a fairly <br />large committee to meet two or three times to "brainstorm" how to <br />develop an appropriate school liaison program for Orono. <br />I would like one or possibly two Orono council members to volunteer <br />on this committee. The meetings would start sometime in February.