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Staten will be new SRO at Salem Elementary

Russell County Sheriff Derek Polston announced yesterday that Chandler Staten will be the new school resource officer at Salem Elementary. Staten was sworn in to his new position yesterday. He previously served with the Adair […]

Fiscal court tables funding for Jamestown Elementary SRO

At this week’s special-called meeting of the Russell County Fiscal Court, the court voted to table the approval of a memorandum of understanding regarding the Jamestown Elementary School Resource Officer position. The magistrates agreed to […]

Ford expects school board to pick up extra SRO costs

Russell County Schools Superintendent Michael Ford said he expects the school district to pick up the remaining costs involved with having a school resource officer at each school after the COPS grant expires in June. […]

Polston warns court about upcoming end of SRO grant

Russell County Sheriff Derek Polston told Russell County magistrates Monday night that a grant funding two school resource officers in Russell County is set to expire in less than 90 days, and could leave two […]

More on the SRO Training

We finish our discussion today with School Resource Officer and Class Instructor Bill Eckler on the level one Department of Criminal Justice SRO training in Richmond recently completed by four local school resource officers, Jackie […]