The City of Fort Mitchell is sponsoring a full-time School Resource Officer at Blessed Sacrament School. City council and mayor have said before that while Blessed Sacrament School is private, they feel responsible for student safety. At their Oct.13 meeting, the city council decided that employing an SRO is part of that responsibility. Blessed Sacrament […]
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Blessed Sacrament School asks Fort Mitchell to sponsor SRO
Fort Mitchell and Blessed Sacrament Schools continue to discuss the city sponsoring a School Resource Officer at the school. Ted Edgington, a representative from the Diocese of Covington, addressed Fort Mitchell city council at their September meeting. Edgington was seeking information about a potential School Resource Officer sponsorship for Blessed Sacrament School. At this month’s […]
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Former Boone County teacher charged with accessing students’ personal info
Kevin Niehaus, a former teacher at Ockerman Middle School in Boone County, has been charged with 10 misdemeanor counts for allegedly using the district’s internal student database software to retrieve personal information about students.
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Fort Thomas to add second school resource officer
The city of Fort Thomas will add a second school resource officer, referred to as an SRO, and the cost will be shared with the local school district. At their Aug. 21 meeting, the Fort Thomas City Council approved a municipal order to add the second officer and to authorize Mayor Eric Haas to enter […]
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Alexandria Police Department seeks SRO; chief talks importance of officer retention
The Alexandria Police Department is hiring a School Resource Officer, also known as an SRO, to work in the Campbell County School District. An SRO is a sworn law enforcement officer who has specialized training to work with children at a school site. The officer is employed through a contract between a local law enforcement […]
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School resource officer coming to Southgate Independent Schools
A Campbell County deputy sheriff will be on the Southgate Independent Schools campus daily beginning in August while students are in class. Southgate Independent School District Superintendent Greg Duty and Campbell County Sheriff Mike Jansen have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will result in the placement of a full-time school resource officer at the school. Under the […]
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Bill to ensure schools have resource officers in place advances
Three years ago, the School Safety and Resiliency Act passed, and part of that bill put in place a measure that would ensure all Kentucky schools have a school resource officer. But, not all schools do, and a bill that’s moving through the General Assembly this session will require them to report to the state […]
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City Council Roundup: St. Elizabeth Report, New School Resource Officer, Zoning Text Change
St. Elizabeth’s Fort Thomas Hospital was recently recognized for a high level of nursing care. (Photo: St. Elizabeth Healthcare) By Robin Gee, Council Beat Editor John Mitchell, senior vice president and chief operating officer for St. Elizabeth Hospital’s Fort Thomas location, opened the July Fort Thomas City Council meeting with an end-of-year community report […]
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Fort Thomas Police Department to Deploy Officer in New Role as School Resource Officer
Fort Thomas Independent Schools, the City of Fort Thomas, as well as St. Thomas and St. Catherine Schools have jointly agreed to deploy a Fort Thomas Police Officer as a dedicated Student Resource Officer to be housed within the Fort Thomas Independent School District and the two Parochial Schools within the city. Fort Thomas Officer, […]