Gov. Braun names director of newly established Indiana Office of School Safety

Smith to be the state’s first director of office of school safety

Gov. Names School Safety Office Director – WRBI Radio

Office of School Safety Director Julie Q. Smith and Gov. Mike Braun. (Photo: @GovBraun on X) (Indianapolis, IN) –  Governor Mike Braun announced Tuesday that Julie Q. Smith will serve as the first Director of the newly-created Indiana Office of School Safety. Smith is a Sergeant in the Columbus Police Department, and has been on the force for 20 years. She oversees the School Resource Officer (SRO) Division in Columbus, which is comprised of 18 …

Braun taps first Indiana school safety director

Gov. Mike Braun on Tuesday announced Julie Q. Smith will serve as the first director of the Office of School Safety.

Julie Smith named Indiana's first school safety director

Braun announces Office of School Safety Director BEECH GROVE, Ind. (WISH) — Indiana’s new school safety director on Tuesday said collaboration will be key to making the state’s schools safer. In a brief ceremony at Hornet Park Elementary School in Beech Grove, Gov. Mike Braun announced Julie Smith will lead the new Office of School Safety. Smith is a 20-year veteran of the Columbus Police Department and is the president of the Indiana School Res…

Gov. Braun names director of newly established Indiana Office of School Safety

INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana Gov. Mike Braun announced on Tuesday that Julie Smith, a 20-year veteran of the Columbus Police Department, will lead the newly established Indiana Office of School Safety, an office that Braun has been speaking on since his campaign. ”Julie has dedicated her career to strengthening schools and looking out for Hoosier kids," Braun said. During a Tuesday morning ceremony in the Beech Grove City Schools district, Braun spok…

Former Columbus Police Sergeant to serve as Indiana's First School Safety Director

INDIANA — Governor Mike Braun has appointed Julie Q. Smith as the first Director of Indiana’s new Office of School Safety. The announcement was made on Tuesday, following Smith’s retirement from the Columbus Police Department after more than 20 years of service. Julie Q. Smith The new office was created as part of Governor Braun’s public safety agenda to centralize the state’s school safety efforts. It will absorb the functions of the Indiana S…