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| Officers David Repka and
Tamera Brown. |
The Department continues to provide law enforcement services to
the Bastrop Independent School District by providing two School
Resource Officers. They can be seen patrolling school zones, parking
lots, hallways and lunchrooms during the nine-month school year.
Veteran Officer, Tamera Brown, and newcomer, David Repka, provide
law enforcement services to the seven school campuses located throughout
the city. The two officers are primarily assigned to the High School
and West Campus where the population has soared to 2,060 students.
This number does not include administrators, teachers and other
staff members. Bastrop High School is expected to reach 5A during
the coming year.
The Department and School District continue to benefit from grant
funds used to pay the salary of one School Resource Officer for
the past three years. Funding for that position is due to expire
January of 2004, at which time the District will pay 75% of the
officers total salary, and the City will pickup up the remaining
25%. School Resource Officers are re-assigned to regular patrol
duties during student holidays and summer vacations increasing our
patrol staff to eleven officers.
The School District provides a 1996 Ford Crown Victoria with over
117,000 miles and a 1991 Chevy Caprice with over 109,000 miles to
the two officers. The age, high mileage and climbing maintenance
costs suggest that the vehicles will need to be replaced in the
coming year. The District also pays the fuel cost for the two vehicles.
Officer's Brown and Repka were involved in a number of student activities
throughout the year. Some of those presentations included Red Ribbon
Week, Police Station Tours, Student Behavior and Citizenship programs,
Halloween Safety programs to the Elementary and Intermediate School
students, and book reading to students during Black History Week.
Records indicate the School Resource officers responded to approximately
187 reported criminal offenses on campuses between January 1, 2003
and December 31, 2003 compared to 207 during the same reporting
period for 2002.
City
of Bastrop Police Dept.:
104
Grady Tuck Lane
P.O. Box 427
Bastrop, Texas 78602
Phone:
512-321-5550
Fax: 512-321-2062
