Jan 23, 2021
Prevention resource officers provide a needed service within our schools. Outside of their obvious role of securing a school and keeping students and staff safe, officers also serve as role models for many young students.
That’s why a dispute between the Ohio County Sheriff’s Department and the Ohio County Board of Education over a new contract doesn’t make sense.
The sheriff’s department and the board of education have partnered for years to provide resource officers in the schools. Both sides have been working without a contract since July 2020, though. That came to a head Tuesday, when Sheriff Thomas Howard did not have his PROs report to their buildings.