Over $316,000 in grant funding allows schools to have resource officers for the first time
CAMDEN COUNTY — Camden County Sheriff's Office received $316,451 in grant funding for three full-time school resource officers according to a press release.
"This is the first time in our departments history that we were able to deploy school resource officers to Stoutland, Mack’s Creek and Hurricane Deck schools. As a result, this financial assistance will help assure deputies will remain in that capacity for the next three years," the Sheriff's Office said in the release.
The Department of Justice announced nearly $400 million in grant funding through the Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services COPS Hiring Program in June.
Camden County Sheriff's office was one of 596 law enforcement agencies across the nation to receive funding.
The program allows law enforcement agencies to hire 2,732 additional full-time employees.
The funding comes after the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri urged school districts to remove police officers from schools and reallocate funding for social workers and counselors.
