Following a legal clarification regarding use of force that was signed into law by Gov. Tim Walz on March 14, school resource officers are starting once again to patrol the halls at Anoka-Hennepin School District’s buildings.
Tim Fornier, AHSD manager of security and emergency operations, along with AHSD Chief Operations Officer Greg Cole gave an update on the school resource officer program during the board’s March 25 meeting.
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