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Posted by: Paul Burch on Oct 18, 2023

The Nashville Council accepted a $3.4 million state grant today that will partially reimburse Metro Police for the salaries of 62 existing school resource officers in Nashville's public middle and high schools, reports the Tennessean. The council approved the funding 23-12, with two abstentions. This year, 30 school resource officers have been assigned to Nashville's public middle schools while 16 — two per school — are assigned to Nashville's public high schools. The state grant will reimburse the Metro Nashville Police Department up to $75,000 per officer. Deputy Police Chief Chris Gilder said that the remaining $3 million will likely be used for officer overtime. Council members who voted against the bill cited contradictory language about the role officers would have in responding to discipline issues.