Wise County Sheriff's Office May Face Potential Cuts to School Resource Officer Program

Wise County Sheriff's Office may face potential cuts to school resource officer program

WISE COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) - As Wise County faces a multi-million dollar budget short fall, the Board of Supervisors has been revising where county funding is being funneled, and one service affected could be the Wise County Sheriff's Office. According to a press release from the sheriff's office, discussion with the board of supervisors confirmed [...]

Sheriff: Wise County budget cuts could lead to reduction of Student Resource Officers

Wise County Sheriff Grant Kilgore says the department’s student resource officer program is in danger of being reduced down to two officers who would patrol and serve a student and faculty population of more than 6,000. A social media post from Kilgore’s agency says due to the county’s current budget shortfalls, the department was informed their local share would be reduced by 50 percent or $2.2 million by the Board of Supervisors. SROs would be…