The new school year brought a lot of changes to Christian County Public Schools and one of those was the establishment of the CCPS Police Department.
Speaking with WHOP recently, CCPS Superintendent Chris Bentzel says it was big change, creating their own independent police force, but he thinks it’s been one of the best investments in student and school safety that they’ve made.
He says their School Resource Officers get to focus solely on their schools and the students within them, allowing them to develop strong connections with the student body, and they get to do a little more than contracted SROs might be able to…