Glenview Police, District 34 Update Agreement On School Cameras, SROs

GLENVIEW, IL — Glenview trustees have approved an updated agreement with Glenview School District 34 governing school resource officers, information sharing and police access to school security cameras during emergencies.

The agreement continues an existing practice allowing designated police personnel to access live camera feeds inside and outside District 34 schools during health and safety emergencies.

The updated agreement also incorporates requirements from a new Illinois law affecting how school resource officers interact with students.

District 34 operates eight schools, with two full-time Glenview police officers assigned primarily to Attea and Springman middle schools.

Under the agreement, police personnel can access live camera feeds during health and safety emergencies. Civilian dispatchers can also access the system after a 911 call reporting an immediate safety threat when visual information would help officers or emergency personnel respond.

Police may also access the system for training or testing with advance approval from the superintendent or principal, or in other circumstances at the request of school administrators.

Recorded video can be accessed under similar emergency circumstances. For non-emergency matters, a principal or designee is responsible for reviewing recordings when student records or privacy concerns are involved.

The agreement prohibits police officers and dispatchers from downloading, copying, taking screenshots of or otherwise saving District 34 camera footage without approval from the superintendent or principal.

The district will also audit access to the camera system, while police and school officials are required to test the technology at least three times during each school year.

New Rules For School Resource Officers

The revised agreement reflects changes under Illinois Public Act 104-430, which took effect July 1.

Among the changes, school resource officers are prohibited from issuing monetary fines, fees, tickets or citations to students as a school-based disciplinary consequence for municipal code violations occurring at school, during school hours or while students are being transported.

The agreement also states that, absent a real and immediate safety threat, issues such as disorderly conduct, classroom disruption, trespassing, loitering, profanity and fighting without an injury or weapon generally should be handled as school discipline rather than formal law enforcement matters.

The new law also requires disability-specific training for school resource officers and additional reporting to the Illinois State Board of Education beginning with the 2027-28 school year.

Information Sharing, Body Cameras

The agreement allows the district and police department to share certain information involving weapons, drugs, sexual offenses, gang activity, violence, vandalism, hate crimes and other serious incidents.

Police may also provide certain juvenile records when there is an imminent threat to students or school personnel.

The agreement says body-worn cameras generally will remain inactive or in buffering mode when officers are performing non-law-enforcement duties in schools, but should be activated when responding to calls for service or conducting law enforcement encounters.

District 34 pays 25 percent of the salary and benefit costs for the two school resource officers and half the cost of certain approved training.

The agreement runs for one year, with either the village or school district able to terminate it with 90 days' written notice.