On the anniversary of 9/11, Chula Vista Police hosted their annual 'Evening of Heroes' to honor our local service men and women. They also paid their respects to those who fought for their communities safety 20 years ago.
Chief Kennedy joined KUSI’s Ginger Jeffries to discuss in detail what School Resource Officers truly do.
She clarified that SROs’ mission is Prevention, Intervention, Education and Enforcement.
Enforcement is the last resort, she emphasized.
The CVPD serves 21 middle and high schools, and 44 public schools in the Chula Vista Elementary School District making up 65 schools plus other charter schools.
In total, 12 SROs cover 65+ schools.
CVPD now has an anonymous program called “Speaking Out for Students” for students to anonymously share information on what they’re dealing with such as bullying or social media threats.
SROs work on strategies to help these kids, Chief Kennedy explained.
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – KUSI News has been informed by various law enforcement officials that they “have not been authorized by San Diego County to get our officers vaccinated.”
The Chula Vista Police Department says their City Council have “made calls to County of San Diego Board of Supervisors in an attempt to get our officers authorized to be vaccinated,” but have not been successful.
CVPD says several other counties up and down the state of California have already authorized their law enforcement officers to get vaccinated, and wonder why the San Diego County Supervisors won’t do so.
During Thursday’s San Diego County Health Briefing, KUSI News asked why they won’t authorize our law enforcement officer to be vaccinated?