School officer funding cut causes friction between city and county

6 years ago

There is disagreement between Bonita Springs and Lee County over who should pay for school resource officers at the city's schools. City leaders say that the county had paid for the deputies prior to the deadly school shooting in Parkland. But that policy changed after a law passed, requiring officers at all schools. Lee County says they will continue to pay 50 percent of costs for officers at schools in unincorporated Lee, and that other cities have agreed to fund their extra officers.

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