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Sunbury police outline school resource officer duties and drone program’s emergency uses
Summary
At the Feb. 18 Sunbury City Council meeting, deputy police leaders and School Resource Officers described monthly safety drills, counseling and traffic work in district schools and recounted drone deployments that aided building collapse assessment, searches and event security.
Deputy police leadership and members of Sunbury’s School Resource Officer (SRO) and drone teams briefed the City Council on Feb. 18, describing routine school safety work and several instances where drones provided critical operational support.
Officer Whiteside told the council he is assigned to Big Walnut Elementary and Big Walnut Middle School and outlined day‑to‑day duties including monthly ALICE drills, building safety checks, helping install security cameras and relationship‑building with students through recess and lunchroom presence. "We do building safety checks...we do those each month," Whiteside said, noting Big Walnut Elementary serves 289…
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