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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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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State honors North Pointe Elementary school resource officer
North Pointe Elementary School Resource Officer Deputy Mike Kappes is the 2023 Kentucky Association of School Resource Officers SRO of the Year. Vice President of the Kentucky Association of School Resources Officers Deputy William Rude presented Kappes the award Thursday night at the Boone County Board of Education meeting. “Everybody in this room should be […]
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Diocese of Covington taps Park Hills officer to serve its schools
For the last three years, the City of Park Hills has been contracting with Covington Catholic High School to provide a school resource officer from the city’s police department. That officer is Ted Edgington. The contract stipulates that Covington Catholic pay the salary and benefits, and the city pay for his training, car, and uniforms. […]
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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 […]