Under the agreement, the school division will pay $828,000 to cover salary and vehicle costs for eight deputies who will rotate among Chesapeake’s 28 elementary schools, which have been divided into “boroughs,” or groups of 3-5 schools.
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Chesapeake sheriff’s deputies will serve as School Resource Officers in the division’s elementary schools this year. The partnership between the school division and the Sheriff’s office was presented during Monday’s school board meeting. Superintendent Jared Cotton told the board that the school division will pay $828,000 to cover salary and vehicle costs for eight deputies who will rotate .
Chesapeake Sheriff Jim O'Sullivan says eight deputies finished training as school resource officers on Friday. A new partnership with the school district is set to be confirmed Monday.
On January 11, a homicide suspect shot Chesapeake deputy Scott Chambers in Hampton, while he was attempting to serve warrants as part of a U.S. Marshals task force.