Recommendation R2
Recommendations
Participating school districts, Yuba College, Yuba County Sheriff Department, and the Marysville Police Department should formalize, by December 31, 2026, written protocols defining roles, responsibilities and decision-making authority related to student discipline, student behavioral health crises and other school-based crisis.
Jury report: Guardians and Gatekeepers: The Role of SROs in Our Schools and Communities · PDF page 19
Permanent linkOfficial responses
Yuba County Sheriff’s Department
Agency plans to implementYCSO will collaborate with partners to develop written protocols where applicable, focusing on health and welfare.
Read official response · PDF page 4The commitment is qualified by applicability; the answer does not specify the proposed deadline or all discipline and behavioral-health decision-making details.
- Collaborate with partners to develop written protocols where applicable. Owner: Yuba County Sheriff’s Department. Timing: Not specified.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.
Wheatland Union High School District Board of Trustees and Superintendent
Agency plans to implementThe district reports existing protocols and expects its SRO and administrators to complete and present behavioral-health decision-making lines before December 31, 2026.
Read official response · PDF page 48The remaining behavioral-health component is future work, so the whole recommendation is not marked fully implemented. This is the district’s stated completion expectation, not independently observed completion.
- Complete and present the manual update formalizing student behavioral-health crisis decision-making lines. Owner: Wheatland Union High School District SRO Officer Manion and administrative team. Timing: Before December 31, 2026.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.