DPS board to discuss policy on school resource officers

DENVER — At a work session Thursday, the Denver Public Schools Board of Education will discuss two proposals for changes to its policies surrounding school resource officers.

One of the proposals, written by board members Directors Auon’tai Anderson, Scott Esserman and Michelle Quattlebaum, calls for the superintendent to establish Community Resource Officers (CROs) — Denver police officers who are not stationed at specific schools, but are assigned to regions and available to help as necessary. 

That proposal calls…