{"id":15088,"date":"2025-05-26T12:27:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T16:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/?p=15088"},"modified":"2025-05-26T12:30:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T16:30:41","slug":"indian-river-schools-cut-local-police-sros-amid-budget-shortfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/indian-river-schools-cut-local-police-sros-amid-budget-shortfall\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian River Schools Cut Local Police SROs Amid Budget Shortfall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DAGSBORO \u2014 The Indian River School District will keep Delaware State Police school resource officers and its armed constable program but will not renew contracts with local police departments for SROs due to budget constraints. A recent tax referendum aimed at increasing funding was rejected, forcing the district to prioritize limited resources. Local police departments proposed SRO contracts costing between $50,000 and $82,000 annually per officer. The district\u2019s budget deficit has already required drawing $7.3 million from reserves, leaving little room for additional expenses. Officials said the decision could be revisited if funding improves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DAGSBORO \u2014 The Indian River School District will keep Delaware State Police school resource officers and its armed constable program but will not renew contracts with local police departments for SROs due to budget constraints. A recent tax referendum aimed at increasing funding was rejected, forcing the district to prioritize limited resources. Local police departments […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IRSD-1.jpg?fit=1323%2C851&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-3Vm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15335,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/indian-river-board-weighs-cuts-to-local-school-resource-officers-amid-budget-concerns\/","url_meta":{"origin":15088,"position":0},"title":"Indian River Board Weighs Cuts to Local School Resource Officers Amid Budget Concerns","author":"admin","date":"June 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Sussex County, Delaware \u2013 The Indian River Board of Education is debating whether to continue funding school resource officers (SROs) from the Georgetown, Millsboro, Selbyville, and Ocean View police departments for the 2025\u20132026 school year. 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