The school safety bill would allow local school boards to hire and assign guardians at schools.
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Clarksville Police Chief Mark Palmer says he was approached by school officials earlier this year about possibly working out an agreement to provide a School Resource Officer, and that those discussions have been ongoing for several months.
The town and school will evenly split the cost of a full-time police officer each school year.
As soon as Hillview Police School Resource Officer Larry Priddy walks through the school doors all eyes are on his partner.
The district said he resigned on Tuesday from the SRO job and as the varsity baseball head coach.
Now that Kentucky's legislature passed a bill requiring a SRO in every school building, this week's symposium is being held to make sure they do the job properly.
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George Thurman saved students and staff from what could have been a violent incident inside a Bullitt County school.
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House Bill 63, sponsored by Rep. Kevin Bratcher, requires local school boards to ensure schools in their districts have at least one resource officer working on their campuses and inside buildings by Aug. 1.
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According to court documents, 52-year-old Jimmie Laytham was arrested by the Oldham County Police Department just before 6 p.m. on Saturday.
Bardstown City Schools first implemented an SRO program in 2018, and it’s had such success the district now wants to fund its own special law enforcement officer.