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POST subcommittee takes no action on Unicoi County SRO after staff described troubling comments and resignation
Summary
The POST informal subcommittee voted for no action on Unicoi County deputy and SRO Steven Smith after hearing staff concerns that he told school staff he might shoot outside responders and after Smith said his remarks were prompted by safety worries; commissioners advised future hiring agencies to consider psychological screening.
The Tennessee POST informal hearing subcommittee decided to take no action on a complaint about Steven Smith, a deputy who served as a school resource officer in Unicoi County, after staff described statements that school staff found alarming.
Sergeant Thomas Smith, an investigator with the Unicoi County Sheriff’s Department, told the panel that staff and teachers at Unicoi County Elementary School reported…
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