2026-09-15 - Committee on Public Safety
Summary
Built from the posted agenda and the video's auto-generated captions; names and numbers may be misheard. The recording is about three minutes long.
- The August 27, 2026 minutes were approved by voice vote with no opposition.
- Items 3 and 4 were taken together on a motion from Councilman Brady, with the mayor also moving and seconding: the Police Department school resource officer agreements with the Charleston County School District and with James Island Charter High School. Both were approved by voice vote with no opposition stated. See School Resource Officer and University Law Enforcement Agreements.
- The chair adjourned and members left for the State of the City address at West Ashley High School.
Agenda
- Moment of silence
- Minutes: August 27, 2026
- Police Department: school resource officer memorandum of agreement with the Charleston County School District, 2026-2027 through 2028-2029 (School Resource Officer and University Law Enforcement Agreements)
- Police Department: school resource officer memorandum of agreement with James Island Charter High School, 2026-2027
- Adjournment
Sources
- Agenda Center listing for this date: https://www.charleston-sc.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_09152026-11213
- Documents: Public Safety Committee Agenda
- Agenda Center: https://www.charleston-sc.gov/AgendaCenter
- Start time and place are taken from the city's published 2026 schedule and may differ in practice.
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4kjWw6EB4o (City of Charleston YouTube channel)
Video
Transcript
These are auto-generated captions; names and numbers may be misheard.
Transcript
00:00All right, whenever you're ready,
00:01Jasmine, I'm ready.
00:04>> Say I'm ready now.
00:05>> Okay.
00:06All right, well, good afternoon,
00:07everybody. Thank you for joining us for
00:10our public safety committee meeting
00:13for September 15th, 4:00 p.m. And uh
00:17we
00:18I will call this meeting to order now.
00:21Let's start off with a moment of
00:22silence, if you would, please.
00:30Amen. Thank you. All right, next on our
00:32agenda, we need to approve the minutes
00:34from August 27th, 2026.
00:36>> So moved.
00:38>> We have a motion to approve those
00:40minutes. Can I get a second?
00:48I will second the minutes. Um
00:53So we have a motion to approve and a
00:55second. Any additions, deletions, any
00:57questions on those minutes?
00:59Hearing none, all in favor of approving
01:01those minutes, please say I. I.
01:03>> I.
01:05>> Any opposed? The eyes have it.
01:09>> Mr. Chairman, I would move that we take
01:10items three and four together and move
01:12their approval.
01:13>> Okay, we can certainly take items three
01:15and four. Both of those are uh
01:17approval requests from the police
01:19department for school resource officer
01:21memorandum of agreement with Charleston
01:23County School District um and with James
01:26Island Charter High School for the
01:282026-2027,
01:30the 2027-2028,
01:33and the 2028-2029
01:35school years.
01:38Can I get a motion on those?
01:39>> Mr. Chairman, I would
01:40move for approval. This is the mayor.
01:43>> Okay. We have a motion to approve. Can I
01:46get a second?
01:47>> Second.
01:48>> Okay, and this is taking both items
01:50three and four
01:52together. Any questions or any further
01:54discussion?
01:56Hearing none, all in favor, say I'm
01:58sorry.
01:59>> Well, for clarity was it to take
02:00together and approve?
02:02>> Yes, that was correct.
02:04>> Okay.
02:05Thank you, sir.
02:05>> Yeah.
02:06>> Okay. Okay, so the original motion was
02:08made by Councilman Brady.
02:11Did we have a second on that?
02:14>> I
02:14>> I made the motion to approve both.
02:17>> Yeah, I
02:19just as a point of order, I had made the
02:21initial motion to approve, so we can
02:22take your
02:24um
02:25ascendant
02:26uh thought there, Mr. Mayor, as the uh
02:28second and we can just uh and that was
02:30for moving and approving.
02:33>> Okay.
02:33>> So, take them together.
02:35>> So, we had the motion to approve to take
02:37both together and for approval from
02:40Councilman Brady and then Mayor Cogswell
02:43>> I second.
02:44>> also made that motion, so we're going to
02:46take his as the second. Okay?
02:49>> Right.
02:49>> Any any further questions? Any comments?
02:54Hearing none, all in favor of approving
02:56three and four,
02:58please signify by saying I. I.
03:01>> I.
03:02>> I.
03:03>> Any opposed? All right, the eyes have
03:05it.
03:06So, if there's nothing else to come
03:07before this committee, um we stand
03:09adjourned. I'll see you gentlemen in
03:11just a little while at West Ashley High
03:12School for the State of the City
03:14address.
03:14>> see y'all too. See everybody at the high
03:16school.
03:17>> Look forward to it, guys. Take care.
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