RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh promoted School Resource Officer Shane Vaughn to SRO Sgt. Tuesday.
Sgt. Vaughn will manage about nine school resource officers in his new duties along with being an SRO at Stewarts Creek Elementary School.
As an SRO, Vaughn recovered a handgun from a student’s backpack in 2017 at a Rutherford County School. He and SRO Matt Clagg also recovered a handgun from another student at Stewarts Creek High School in 2021.
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(MURFREESBORO) Twenty-two Sheriff’s Office deputies earned honors as Officers of the Month for exemplary actions in 2021, including potentially saving lives. Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh and the Sheriff’s command staff and captains recognized the employees during a ceremony on Friday (2/4/2022).
Sheriff Fitzhugh said, “Our deputies chosen for ‘Officers of the Month’ show exemplary actions in protecting students, using their specialized skills in a responding to .
UPDATED: Students at Stewarts Creek High School in Smyrna were secured while school resource officers quickly removed a handgun from a student’s backpack this morning, a school resource officer supervisor said.SRO Matt Clagg charged a 16-year-old Stewarts Creek High School student with possession of a weapon on campus and simple possession of marijuana after school resource officers found a handgun and marijuana inside his backpack.SRO Lt. Alan Garner said administrators receive .
Stewarts Creek High student arrested after gun, drugs found on campus
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SMYRNA A 16-year-old Stewarts Creek High student was arrested for having a gun and marijuana on the school campus Tuesday.
School Resource Officer Matt Clagg charged the teen with possession of a weapon on campus and simple possession of marijuana after school resource officers found the items inside his backpack.
SRO Lt. Alan Garner said administrators received information about the handgun, placed the school on lockdown and notified the SROs.
Within minutes, Clagg, SRO Shane Vaughn, and Stewarts Creek Middle SRO Chris Freischlag took the student into custody.