The Town of Brighton has been at the center of a social media firestorm for the last several weeks after it lost all of its school resource officers, then its police chief. Mayor Stephanie Chapman Washam said much of the controversy is a misunderstanding. The rest can be attributed to leadership. This summer the school district approved a total $650,000 in funding for SROs at … [Read more...] about Brighton has fired its police chief and hired new SROs
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Fact check: No, Tipton County isn’t losing its SROs – in fact, they’re asking for more
Last week a Memphis television news outlet reported a story whose headline suggested Tipton County would be losing its school resource officers. Aired the same week as the second deadliest shooting in American history, the story was an obvious cause for concern for parents of students attending Tipton County’s public schools. Superintendent John Combs issued a statement last … [Read more...] about Fact check: No, Tipton County isn’t losing its SROs – in fact, they’re asking for more