Bradley County Sheriff, Director of Schools announce Bradley schools will not take advantage of new law arming employees

Bradley County Sheriff Steve Lawson and Director of Schools Dr. Linda Cash say they will not take advantage of the new law on arming school employees to provide extra security at schools at this time.

The School system and the Sherriff’s Office released a joint statement yesterday that read in part,

“Sheriff Lawson will continue working diligently with Dr. Cash on ensuring the future safety of our children. Currently, all of the Bradley County schools are staffed with a School Resource Officer and some have more than one SRO. Also, our new budget makes a provision for one more School Resource Officer by the start of the next school year. This will result in both high schools and both middle schools being staffed with 2 SROs at each of the 4 schools. Because of our dedication and partnership with the Bradley County School District, we firmly believe that we have some of the safest schools around.”