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Training differences for school safety agents and assistant agents explored
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Council Member Rita Joseph inquires about the differences in training between school safety agents and assistant school safety agents. NYPD Inspector Tracy Mulet provides details on current and planned training programs.
- Current training for school safety agents is 20 weeks, including de-escalation and DOE-approved youth mental health training
- Training for assistant school safety agents is still being developed, but will include de-escalation
- The number of planned hires for assistant school safety agents is still under discussion
Rita Joseph
1:54:06
Does the training differ for assistant agents from school agents?
1:54:10
What's the difference in training?
Tracy Mulet
1:54:24
Good morning Councilman Joseph Tracy Millett from School Safety.
1:54:28
The training for school safety agents now is twenty weeks.
1:54:33
That entails de escalation training and DOE training approved youth mental health.
1:54:41
So, we're looking at for the assistant school safety agent, it would be a modification of that.
1:54:46
Not yet drawn out preliminary drawn out to include the de escalation, but nothing extensive in terms of the physical fitness and given weeks to what that would entail.
Rita Joseph
1:54:58
And how many plan on hiring?
Tracy Mulet
1:55:00
That is still being discussed.
Althea Stevens
1:55:03
Don't think that's been maxed Are