A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER
PROGRAM.
AFTER AN ARMED SHERIFF’S DEPUTY
IN ST. MARY’S COUNTY PREVENTED A
SCHOOL SHOOTING FROM BECOMING
MUCH WORSE, OFFICIALS AND
CARROLL COUNTY SAY THAT IT
HIGHLIGHTS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS
TO HAVE A SCHOOL RESOURCE
OFFICER ON DUTY AT ALL TIMES.
>> THIS ALLOWS SOMEONE TO HAVE A
QUICKER RESPONSE TIME, MUCH LIKE
YOU SAW IN ST. MARY’S COUNTY
WHERE THE OFFICER, THE DEPUTY,
WAS ON THE SCENE WHEN IT
HAPPENED.
LOWELL: THE SUPERVISOR OF SCHOOL
SECURITY FOR CARROLL COUNTY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS EXPLAINED HIS
COUNTY DOESN’T HAVE A SCHOOL
RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM.
IN THE MEANTIME, COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS HAVE COME UP WITH
FUNDING TO IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE
UNIFORMED, ARMED DEPUTIES AT
VARIOUS SCHOOLS.
 IT IS NOT JUST SPENT BOWLING,
THROWING A DEPUTY HERE OR THERE.
-- IT IS NOT JUST SPITBLING,
THROWING A DEPUTY HERE OR THERE.
THERE WERE CRITERIA THAT WE
LOOKED AT.
LOWELL: THIS WILL BE ANOTHER
LEVEL OF SECURITY.
WHILE IT MIGHT NOT BE THE
SAME DEPUTY EVERY DAY, THE HOPE
IS TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH
STUDENT AND STAFF.
>> WHAT THIS DOES IS CREATE A
SECURITY PLAN THAT PLACES A
DEPUTY IN VARIOUS SCHOOLS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY FOR THE
DAY.
LOWELL: THE PLAN IS APPLAUDED BY
THE CARROLL COUNTY EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION, WHOSE PRESIDENT
TOLD US, "WE ARE IN FAVOR OF
HEIGHTENING SECURITY MEASURES IN
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO KEEP THEM
SAFE, AND WE SUPPORT PLACING
MORE COUNSELORS AND BEHAVIORAL
SPECIALISTS IN OUR SCHOOLS TO
PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES FOR OUR
STUDENTS IN NEED."
THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE AND SCHOOL
SYSTEM ARE HOPING THEY CAN TURN
THIS INTO A FULL-TIME SCHOOL
RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM.
THE ROADBLOCK IS FUNDING THE
CARROLL COUNTY -- IS FUNDING.
THE CARROLL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WILL CON
