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Rocky Mount police brief Nash County school board on 30-year SRO partnership and staffing
Summary
A Rocky Mount Police Department sergeant told the Nash County Public Schools board the department has provided school resource officers for about 30 years and reviewed current SRO staffing, including high school coverage and recent expansion of part-time elementary SROs.
Sergeant Brad of the Rocky Mount Police Department updated the Nash County Public Schools Board of Education on the department's school resource officer (SRO) program and its partnership with the district, saying the collaboration will mark roughly 30 years this November.
The presentation summarized current staffing and recent changes. "Rocky Mount PD and Nash County both schools has had a partnership. In November, it will be 30 years that we've been inside Nash County School systems," Sergeant Brad said. He described the existing assignments: two full-time SROs at Rocky Mount senior high, one full-time SRO at Nassau High, full-time SROs at middle schools, and part-time SRO coverage added at elementary schools in 2023 that is shared between two elementary schools.
"In 2023, we added part time SROs, with our elementary schools, and they share responsibility between two elementary schools," Sergeant Brad said. He added that he hopes the program can expand to place a full-time SRO in every elementary school: "I'm hoping moving forward that maybe we can expand on that as well and have a full time SRO in every elementary school." He also said he serves as the SRO supervisor and is based at the district's teacher resource center at Willow Elementary to provide direct access to district staff.
Board members did not take formal action on the presentation; it was provided as an update. The presentation did not specify program budget, metrics on incidents or referrals, or the exact elementary schools covered by the part-time assignments.
The update occurred during the board's meeting segment for law enforcement partner reports; no vote or policy decision followed the briefing.
