Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman reiterated his support for a comprehensive proposal to expand School Resource Officers into Loudoun’s public elementary schools over the next four years, beginning with the FY27 county budget. SRO funding is expected to be part of the proposed budget that will be announced this week.
Chapman’s remarks were made in response to questions at a budget meeting of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 9, where the proposed Loudoun County Public Schools budget was discussed. Funding for SROs in middle and high schools is paid for exclusively through the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office budget, not the LCPS budget, and this would continue for elementary schools.
“Highly trained SROs in our elementary schools are essential to keeping Loudoun safe,” Chapman said. “Loudoun already has unarmed school security staff working closely with armed and highly trained SROs in middle and high schools, and it is time to extend this same protection to students, teachers and administrators in our elementary schools.”…