School resource officer program approved by legislature

The Broome County Legislature has officially voted in favor of bringing school resource officers back to districts that wish to have them. The school districts would be responsible for 100% of the resource officer’s salary. Broome County used to have a school resource officer program but cut it in 2009 due to the local budget crisis. An effort to reinstate the program occurred a few weeks ago when Broome County District Attorney Steve Cornwell released details of a plan to make the program more financially feasible.