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Simpson County court authorizes plan to expand school resource officers to five
Summary
The fiscal court authorized Sheriff Hopson's proposal to expand school resource officers to five, with the school system providing additional funding that will be paid to the county general fund and earmarked for SRO expenditures.
Simpson County Fiscal Court on July 19 authorized a proposal from Sheriff Hopson to expand school resource officers (SROs) to five, placing one officer in each of the county’s five schools.
Under the approved arrangement, the school system will provide additional funding that will be paid into the Simpson County Fiscal Court General Fund and earmarked specifically for SRO expenditures. The motion passed unanimously (motion by Marty Chandler; second by Nathaniel Downey).
The minutes state the funding will be earmarked for school resource officer expenditures; the meeting record does not specify the dollar amount or the timing for hiring and deployment. The court recorded the authorization and directed county administration to accept the funding into the General Fund as earmarked for SRO use.
