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Only 1 in 3 Hamilton County schools has a school resource officer

Staff photo by Tim Barber / School Resource Officer P. Soyster watches conditions outside Wednesday on the campus at Central High School in Harrison. Soyster came onboard in October of 2017. "This will be my first full year at the school," Soyster said. "I have a business administration degree, but this is what I like to do," he said.
Staff photo by Tim Barber / School Resource Officer P. Soyster watches conditions outside Wednesday on the campus at Central High School in Harrison. Soyster came onboard in October of 2017. "This will be my first full year at the school," Soyster said. "I have a business administration degree, but this is what I like to do," he said. Staff photo by Tim Barber / School Resource Officer P. Soyster watches conditions outside Wednesday on the campus at Central High School in Harrison. Soyster came onboard in October of 2017. "This will be my first full year at the school," Soyster said. "I have a business administration degree, but this is what I like to do," he said.

By Meghan Mangrum 4 min read

Only 1 in 3 public schools in Hamilton County now has a school resource officer.

Though the school district committed an additional $500,000 in funding in the 2018-2019 fiscal year budget, there are actually fewer resource officers in the county’s 79 public schools than last school year.

That fact was part of a Thursday report on the district’s readiness and safety presented by Kenneth Bradshaw, the district’s new chief of operations, to the Hamilton County Board of Education. Bradshaw took over for longtime school leader Lee McDade.

The report outlines security enhancements and safety updates made in the past year, as well as other updates within the operations department. That department also encompasses facilities and maintenance, transportation, food service, information technology and school-age child care.