Tag: Sros
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Jeffco Public Schools announces new SRO assignments in wake of shooting
Jeffco Public Schools announced changes to its school resource officers (SRO) following the Evergreen High School shooting and scrutiny from the community. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and the school district formalized their partnership through an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) announced in a news release Wednesday. The sheriff’s office will assign 14 full-time SROs to 12…
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Evergreen High School had a police officer — she was on medical leave during Wednesday’s shooting
When a 16-year-old student began shooting and kept reloading his gun at Evergreen High School around noon on Wednesday, the police officer assigned to the campus was not on duty. That full-time school resource officer (SRO) was on medical leave. Meanwhile, a deputy who assumed those policing duties on a part-time basis was working on…