GLENCOE, Ala. (WIAT) — Glencoe Elementary now has its personal faculty useful resource officer and it’s all because of a donation from an area enterprise.
In gentle of latest faculty shootings, Etowah County leaders wish to be certain that college students are protected whereas on campus. Now, the Etowah County Sheriff’s workplace is teaming up with Tameron Honda to assist colleges get useful resource officers.
Thursday, Tameron Honda donated cash to the sheriff’s workplace to make use of for security wants at native colleges. The county has 22 colleges and never all of them have a delegated useful resource officer on campus. Due to this partnership a college useful resource officer will now be at Glencoe Elementary College which didn’t have one earlier than. Principal Laura Sims stated she is grateful for a neighborhood that places children’ security first.
“There are such a lot of completely different areas that they will serve us and assist defend our youngsters and provides dad and mom, simply realizing that somebody is there if we ever want them. I hope we by no means must have somebody however I’m grateful we can have a college useful resource officer there if we want one,” Sims stated.
The closest faculty useful resource officer to Glencoe Elementary earlier than was on the center or highschool campus. Sheriff Jonathon Horton stated he’s pleased they’re all now totally protected.
The donation was a collaboration among the many sheriff’s workplace, faculty board and Tameron Honda.
