FOLEY, Ala. – When school begins in August, Foley police officers will be stationed at each of the Foley public schools. Foley Resource Officers will man the high school, middle school, intermediate and elementary school campuses, according to …
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FOLEY, Ala. – When school begins in August, Foley police officers will be stationed at each of the Foley public schools. Foley Resource Officers will man the high school, middle school, intermediate and elementary school campuses, according to Foley Police Chief David Wilson. The School Resource Officers are full-time police officers who receive specific training for the position.
“The school resource officer’s most important mission is that of school safety. We want each school to have a safe and secure environment where teachers feel safe to teach and students feel safe to learn,” said Wilson. The officers will patrol the campus and interact with students and teachers during school hours, according to Wilson.
Although Foley schools had a resource officer on campus in the past, one officer covered all four schools. Wilson credits Foley’s mayor and city council, and the cooperation of the Baldwin County Public School System, for the ability to assign an officer to each school this year.
Dr. Alan Lee, Baldwin County school superintendent, praised Foley for this program to enhance safety in the schools. “Foley is a wonderful community that takes pride in doing what makes sense, and this gesture of placing law enforcement personnel in our schools is but one more example of a vibrant community.”
Wayne Trawick, city council president, commended Wilson for the program. “This is the type of thing all public officials would like to see, but in so many cases funding is the problem. The city council is grateful to the leadership of our police department for coming up with solutions.”