Cherokee Sheriff's Office Continue Heightened School Visibility
The sheriff's department will continue its heightened visibility it started before the Cherokee County School District's winter break.
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Cherokee Sheriff's Office Continue Heightened School Visibility
The sheriff's department will continue its heightened visibility it started before the Cherokee County School District's winter break.
More Cherokee County sheriff's deputies will be visible at Cherokee County schools once classes resume next week. The law enforcement agency announced on Friday that there will be "increased visibility" once the Cheorkee County School District's second semester gets underway on Monday. That visibility will remain in effect until the end of the school year. Along with their general responsibilities of patrols and responding to emergency calls, deputies will also station themselves in school parking lots, park along roadways near the schools and will also walk on the properties of schools in their assigned zones. "This strategy is to assist the Cherokee County School District and its School Police Department in providing an additional …
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Monday, December 17, 2012
Cherokee School District Increases Police Presence
In the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., tragedy, more law enforcement officers will patrol Cherokee County schools.
The Cherokee County School District has informed parents that it will work with local law enforcement agencies to provide enhanced protection at each one of its school campuses. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank Petruzielo sent home a letter Monday afternoon to parents informing them of the district's plans to coordinate with its district School Police Department, the Cherokee County Sheriff's office and city police agencies in Cherokee County to station officers and deputies in and around district schools. He also notified parents of the district's measures to prevent a tragedy similar to Friday's Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings from occuring in Cherokee County. See the attached .PDF to read the letter.
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Barbara Holloway
3:09 pm on Tuesday, December 18, 2012
It is so very sad that we are here with such a question as this. Should we have law enforcement on school grounds or not? I suppose since we changed our values at home and in the community, we really have no other means of protecting our children than Police at Schools with visual guns on hips. I grew up and raised my daughter in a Country free from this fear and dangers. It was a place you never… more ›