Does a school board need to enter into a personal information sharing agreement regarding police liaison or resource officers in schools?
• If the role of the police officer in the school is just to be a law enforcement presence in the school, to interact with and provide advice to students and staff, there is probably no need for the officer to collect personal information or for the school to disclose the personal information of students. • If the officer is investigating a particular incident or the possibility of a criminal offence having been committed, the officer would have the authority to collect (section 34(1)(g)) and the school may disclose the personal information of the student(s) involved to assist in a law enforcement investigation under section 40(1)(q). The Law Enforcement Disclosure Form in Appendix 5 of the FOIP Guidelines and Practices manual could be used for this purpose. There is no need for a personal information sharing agreement to set out the terms and conditions of this disclosure.
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