school resource officers

WSKG News Director, Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo sits down with Elmira-Corning reporter Natalie Abruzzo to discuss police presence at a polling place during the Corning-Painted Post Area School District board elections and budget vote.

Currently, the town has four school resource officers across the school district. There were plans to expand the program to six officers. But Town Supervisor Maria Sexton, who took office in January, said she worries about the town’s ability to pay for two more officers.

Activists allege the Binghamton police officer involved in the violent arrest of a Black Asian man on New Year's Day was once employed by the district as a school resource officer.