The state, not the City of Bayonne, is supposed to pay for police officers stationed at private schools, according to local officials who addressed the issue after it became an issue in the mayoral race yesterday.
“A recent internal audit showed that the city was not reimbursed for the extra-duty assignments of full-time Bayonne police officers assigned to provide dedicated on-site security at two local private schools—All Saints Catholic Academy and Beacon Christian Academy,” explained Law Director Donna Russo in a statement.
“The primary responsibility for on-site security at private, religious schools should not be paid for by Bayonne taxpayers; instead, it should be funded by the private religious institutions using available Nonpublic School Security Aid.”
The measure came up yesterday when mayoral candidate Sharon Ashe-Nadrowski went after interim Mayor Robert Kubert, also the city’s public safety director, and the City Council blasted the decision, as HCV first reported…