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Moore County Schools evaluates contract with NC Protection Group to place unarmed officers at elementary schools
Summary
School leaders recommended a pilot contract with NC Protection Group to staff six elementary sites with unarmed security officers and a supervisor while the district continues recruiting sworn school police; the proposal prompted a divided board debate over outsourcing security versus investing in the district's own police force.
The Moore County Schools Board of Education heard a recommendation on Sept. 2 to pilot a contract with the North Carolina Protection Group to place six unarmed security officers and one supervisor at elementary schools that do not have a full-time school resource officer.
Superintendent John Locklear told the board the proposal is intended to fill gaps created by staffing vacancies in the district's school police and would be paid from budgeted vacancy funds for school police until permanent hires are found. The vendor's statement of work is attached to the executive summary that accompanies the contract recommendation.
Gary Pastor,…
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