Section 392-151-070. Size of patrol and officers needed.

The number of members on a school patrol shall be determined by factors such as: Street and highway conditions, number of intersections, volume of vehicular traffic, school enrollment, and number of arrival and school dismissal times. If there are several dismissal times, the size of the patrol shall be increased and the groups rotated so that no one member shall be absent too long from his or her classes. The supervisor may request assistance from the traffic safety unit of the police department in planning school patrol posts. Engineering studies may be requested from the traffic engineer's office by the police unit, the principal, or the school safety committee.

Each school patrol may have a patrol captain and one or more lieutenants. The captain shall be a patrol member who possesses qualities of leadership and shall be selected by the supervisor of the patrol on a trial basis or elected by the members subject to the supervisor's approval.

Officers and members should normally serve for at least one full school year. However, a plan for periodic relief may be provided for and implemented at the discretion of school authorities. This may be done by organizing groups to rotate weekly or several weeks at a time or by rotating dismissal times.

Some of the duties of the school safety patrol officers are:

(1) Assigning school patrol members to their posts

(2) Supervising the operations of the school patrol

(3) Keeping school patrol records, including attendance

(4) Being responsible for the procedure at each crossing

(5) Making sure each school patrol member wears his or her equipment while on duty

(6) Arranging for a substitute in case of absence of a regular school patrol member

(7) Manning the post in case of an emergency.

[Order 7-75, § 392-151-070, filed 12/22/75. Formerly WAC 392-24-260.]

Order 7-75, § 392-151-070, filed 12/22/75. Formerly WAC 392-24-260.