Brainerd removes SRO’s from high school

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Brainerd Public Schools and the city of Brainerd will end their school resource officer agreement at the high school at the City council meeting on 5 September.

The decision comes after a change in state law that has caused uncertainty over officers’ abilities to use force in a school setting.

The law previously stated school resource officers could use a level of reasonable force to “restrain a student or to prevent bodily harm or death.” The newly adopted language as of Aug. 1 removed the word “or.”