HENRY COUNTY – On a recent morning at Hampton High School, Cpl. Kenyatta Williams of the Henry County Police Department could be found in the nutrition and food science classroom, teaching a group of teenagers how to cook rice.
Williams began his second year as School Resource Officer at Hampton High by starting “Cooking with a Cop,” a monthly culinary class of about 30 students. The class is part social club, part diversity lesson, part life skills training and part outreach effort to build trust in law enforcement, especially among youth.
“My job is not just to protect these kids here in the school,” Williams said. “It’s to be a mentor, an inspiration and somebody that they can look up to.”…