Sunman-Dearborn Schools Adding Resource Officers

A second resource officer will help cover the district's seven schools, and a third rotating position from the Dearborn County Sheriff's Department will be added.

(Dearborn County, Ind.) - Sunman-Dearborn Community Schools will have an increased presence of law enforcement in the 2018-2019 school year.

The SDCSC Board of Trustees last week voted to hire a second full-time school resource officer, according to superintendent Dr. Andrew Jackson.

“I appreciate the willingness of the Board of Education to invest in the safety of our students.  They are continuing to look at other measures as well - both policy and facility,” Jackson tells Eagle Country 99.3.

The school district is currently looking to fill the new SRO position. The job description is posted on the school corporation’s website at https://sunmandearborn.tedk12.com/hire/Index.aspx. The individual hired will be required to complete 40 hours of SRO training, Jackson adds.

But the district won’t be content with just two SROs for its seven schools spread out to cover 160 square miles in Dearborn and Ripley counties. Jackson says SDCSC will also hire a third school resource officer on a rotation basis from the Dearborn County Sheriff’s Department.

“This is currently arranged through their extra detail duty pool.  The added benefit of this is we will have ten to fifteen officers who will become knowledgeable of our facilities and procedures,” he says.

The school district is also in discussions to make the schools a substation for the sheriff’s department, Jackson says. The substation could be operations by the end of June.

Other local school districts, including Lawrenceburg and Boone County, have also taken steps to add more SRO's in light of recent school shootings in the U.S.

Pleased to announce @S_DCSC will employ 3 full-time School Resource Officers for next school year. Thank you @S_DCSC Board of Education for your continued investment in the safety of our students. @eagle993

— Andrew Jackson (@SDCS_SUPER) May 18, 2018

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